A.roe deer, Cervus capreolus, “αἶγας ἐπ᾽ ἀγροτέρας ἠδὲ πρόκας ἠδὲ λαγωούς” Od.17.295; coupled with ἔλαφος by Arist. HA506a22, 515b34, PA676b27, 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.