headforemost Copy link Outline 1. praeceps, cĭpĭtis2. prōnus (with the head downwards) • headforemost: 1. praeceps, cĭpĭtis: to throw any one down h., aliquem pr. dejicere, Cic. Verr. 4, 40, 86; dare, Hor. S. 1, 2, 41: v. headlong. 2. prōnus (with the head downwards): he tumbles h., pronus volvitur in caput, Virg. Aen. 1, 115: cf. Ter. Andr. 2, 2, 18.