προσπτύσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[embrace]], [[βρέτας]], [[σῶμα]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1255</span>, <span class="bibl">1325</span> (anap.); Ep. ποτιπτ- <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">L.</span>322</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> mostly Med. [[προσπτύσσομαι]], Ep. <b class="b3">ποτιπτ-</b> (but in <span class="bibl">Od.2.77</span> <b class="b3">προτιπτ-</b>, acc. to Sch.): fut. -πτύξομαι <span class="bibl">Od.11.451</span>, etc.: aor. <b class="b3">-επτυξάμην</b>, Ep. -πτυξάμην <span class="bibl">4.647</span>, etc.: pf. -έπτυγμαι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>2.39</span>:—[[cling close to]], προσπτύσσεται πλευραῖσιν ἀρτίκολλος ὥστε τέκτονος χιτὼν ἅπαν κατ' ἄρθρον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>767</span>; <b class="b3">ὁρμιῇ λαγόνας π</b>. [[presses its]] flanks [[against]] the line, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>3.151</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> commonly of persons, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">clasp to one's bosom, embrace</b>, πατέρα <span class="bibl">Od.11.451</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span> 1319</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.3.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>7.3</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">στόμα γε σὸν προσπτύξομαι</b> [[will press]] it [[to my lips]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1671</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Med.</span>1400</span>(anap.):—Pass., c. dat., [[cling to]], παρθένῳ προσπτύσσεται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1237</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[greet warmly]], [[welcome]], τινα <span class="bibl">Od.8.478</span>: c. dupl. acc., <b class="b3">π. τινά τι</b> [[address]] a friendly greeting [[to]] one, ὄφρα τί μιν -πτύξομαι <span class="bibl">17.509</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδέ τιν' οὔτ' ἔπεϊ προσπτύσσετο οὔτε τι ἔργῳ</b> [[greeted]] no one either with word or gesture, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>199</span>; <b class="b3">π. μύθῳ</b> [[entreat]] warmly, [[importune]], <span class="bibl">Od. 2.77</span>, <span class="bibl">4.647</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">θεῶν δαῖτας προσπτύσσεσθαι</b> [[welcome]] the feasts of the gods, i.e. [[honour]] or [[celebrate]] them, Pi. l.c.—Poet. and late Prose.</span>