A.press forward, “Τρῶες δὲ προὔτυψαν ἀολλέες” Il.13.136, al.; ἀνὰ ῥῖνας δριμὺ μένος προὔτυψε rushed forward, Od.24.319; Ἀργὼ προὔτυψεν ἐπειγομένη ἀνέμοισιν pressed onward, A.R.1.953, cf. 3.1397, etc.; Νεῖλος . . προὔτυψε πόντῳ rushed forward to . . , Nic.Th. 176, cf. Al.499; πηλαμύσι προὔτυψεν dashed against them, Opp.H.4.545; ἐς θάλαμον π. ib.392.
III. strike first or before another, Procop.Vand.1.18.