πρόσκειμαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(on the Ion. forms <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> v. [[κεῖμαι]]), serving as Pass. to [[προστίθημι]], to [[be placed]] or [[laid by]] or [[upon]], [[lie by]] or [[upon]], <b class="b3">οὔατα προσέκειτο</b> handles [[were upon]] it, <span class="bibl">Il.18.379</span>; <b class="b3">τῇ θύρᾳ πρόσκεισο</b> [[keep close to]] the door, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>142</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>739</span>; <b class="b3">δοκοὶ τῷ τείχει . . προσκείμεναι</b> [[lying near]] the wall, <span class="bibl">Th.4.112</span>; of places, [[lie near]], [[be adjacent]], τῷ καλῷ ἀκρωτηρίῳ <span class="bibl">Plb.3.24.2</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ προσκείμενος [ἵππος</b>] the [[inside]] horse (turning a corner), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>722</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">πρόσκειται τὸ κάλλος</b> (<b class="b3">ὁ καλός</b> ap. Stob.) τῷ ἀγαθῷ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>6.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[lie beside]], [[cling to]], ἀμφὶ μέσσῃ περιπετῆ προσκείμενον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1223</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of pessaries, to [[be applied]], [[remain in place]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>109</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mul.</span>1.37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> generally, to [[be involved in]] or [[bound up with]], εἴ τῳ πρόσκειμαι χρηστῷ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>240</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ᾧ σὺ πρόσκεισαι κακῷ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1040</span>; κακοῖς γὰρ οὐ σὺ πρόσκεισαι μόνη <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>418</span>; cf. infr. ''III''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be attached]] or [[devoted to]], τινι <span class="bibl">Hdt. 6.61</span>; τῷ δήμῳ <span class="bibl">Th.6.89</span>, etc.: abs., <b class="b3">θεραπεύων π</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.8.52</span>; [[devote oneself to the service of]] a god, τῷ Διονύσῳ <span class="bibl">D.C.51.25</span>; <b class="b3">π. διάκονος καὶ ἀκόλουθος ἐκείνῳ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τῷ θεῷ</b>) <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>4.7.20</span>; also of things, <b class="b3">π. τῷ λεγομένῳ</b> [[put faith in]] a story, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.11</span>; <b class="b3">π. οἴνῳ, τῇ φιλοινίῃ</b>, to [[be addicted to]] wine, <span class="bibl">Id.1.133</span>, <span class="bibl">3.34</span>; [[ἄγραις]] [[devote oneself to]] hunting, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>407</span> (lyr.); ταῖς ναυσί <span class="bibl">Th.1.93</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.89</span>; τῇ τοῦ ὄντος ἰδέᾳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>254a</span>; τῇ τοῦ Ὁμήρου ποιήσει <span class="bibl">Paus.2.21.10</span>; τοῖς Δημοσθένους λόγοις Aristid.2.315J.; θειασμῷ <span class="bibl">Th.7.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Nic.</span>4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[urge]], [[entreat]], [[solicit]], Κύρῳ π. δῶρα πέμπων <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.123</span>; <b class="b3">π. αὐτῷ ἀξιοῦντες</b> . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.7</span>: abs., <b class="b3">ἐπηκολούθουν κἠντιβόλουν προσκείμενοι</b> [[with importunity]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>543</span>; <b class="b3">προσκείμενος ἐδίδασκε</b> [[with zeal]], <span class="bibl">Th.7.18</span>; δεόμενοι προο έκειντο <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Per.</span>33</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in military sense, [[press hard]], [[pursue closely]], ἡ ἵππος προσέκειτο πᾶσα <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.57</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">40</span>,<span class="bibl">60</span>; ᾗ μάλιστα αὐτοῖς προσκέοιντο <span class="bibl">Th.4.33</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ προσκείμενον</b> the [[pressure]] of the enemy, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.61</span>; κλύδωνα πολεμίων προσκείμενον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>316</span>: metaph., ἀνάγκης ἀεὶ προσκειμένης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>240e</span>: rarely c. acc., οἵ μ' ἀεὶ προσκείμενοι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>814</span> (s.v.l.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">to be assigned to, fall to, belong to</b>, τοῖσι θεῶν τιμὴ αὕτη πρόσκειται <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.118</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.83</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τῷ πρόσκειμαι δούλα</b>; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 185</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.196</span>; of qualities, τὴν ἀβουλίαν ὅσῳ μέγιστον ἀνδρὶ πρόσκειται κακόν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1243</span>; βραχεῖ λόγῳ δὲ πολλὰ π. σοφά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>102</span>; ἦ πόλλ' ἀγρώταις σκαιὰ π. φρενί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>266</span>; τὸ δ' ἄρσεν αὐτοὺς ὠφελεῖ προσκείμενον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>970</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ῥῆμα πρόσκειται τῇ προτέρᾳ τέρᾳ αἰτιατικῇ</b> [[belongs to]]... <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>243.20</span>; to [[be laid upon]] as a charge, business, προξείνους ἀποδεικνύναι τούτοισι προσκεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.57</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.119</span>; ἐμοὶ τοῦτο π., μηδένα πελάζειν δόμοις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>443</span>; ἄλλῳ δ' ἄλλο π. γέρας, σὲ μὲν μάχεσθαι, τοὺς δὲ βουλεύειν καλῶς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>107</span>; of punishments, προσκειμένης ζημίας τῷ πωλοῦντι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>4.21</span> (sed leg. <b class="b3">προκ-</b>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be added]] or [[attached to]], <b class="b3">ἄλγος ἄλγει π</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 1039</span>; ἐπὶ τοῖς πάλαι κακοὶς π. πῆμα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>483</span>; κέρδος πρὸς ἔργῳ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>162</span>; π. τῇ πόλει ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ὥσπερ ἵππῳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>30e</span>; <b class="b3">ἐχθρὰ δὲ τῷ θανόντι προσκείσει</b> thou [[wilt be for ever]] hated by... <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>94</span>; ταῦτα προσκείσθω τοῖς εἰρημένοις <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.196</span>: abs., ἡ χάρις προσκείσεται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>232</span>; εἰ πρόσκειταί τι γράμμα ἢ ἀφῄρηται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>393d</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ γραφαὶ</b> (of [[νώ]]) οὐκ ἔχουσι τὸ ῑ προσκείμενον <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>86.12</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀντίγραφα οὐκ ἔχει προσκείμενον τῷ φρενιτικοί τὸ εἰσίν</b>" Gal.16.491, cf. 840. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> Arith. and Geom., to [[be added]], opp. [[ἀφῃρῆσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1132b7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1138a19</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>707.3</span>, <span class="bibl">709.7</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">προσκείσθω ποτί</b> . . <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Spir.</span>10</span>; also <b class="b3">κοινὸς -κείσθω λόγος</b> let the ratio [[be multiplied into]] both, <span class="bibl">Papp.66.28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> in Logic, to [[be added as a determinant]] (v. πρόσθεσις <span class="bibl">111.2</span>), τὸ προσκείμενον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Int.</span>21a21</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖς ὅροις, ἄλλῳ π</b>., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APr.</span>30a1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1029b31</span>; so later, to [[be specified]] or [[given]] in a document, <b class="b3">ὁ αὐτὸς χρόνος π</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>388 ii 37</span> (ii A.D.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>421.36</span> (iii A.D.), etc.</span>