πρόξ

A. roe deer, Cervus capreolus, αἶγας ἐπ’ ἀγροτέρας ἠδὲ πρόκας ἠδὲ λαγωούς Od. 17.295; coupled with ἔλαφος by Arist. HA 506a22, 515b34, PA 676b27, Dionys.Ath. and Philet. ap. Sch.A.R. 2.279; but expld. as τὸ τέκνον τῆς δορκάδος by Sch.Nic. Th. 578, cf. Sch. Od. l. c.:—also προκάς (q. v.).

2. metaph., coward, Archil. 188.