προσηνής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=προσηνές, Dor. [[προσανής]], προσανές, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[soft]], [[gentle]], <span class="bibl">Emp.130</span>, etc.; ξενία <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>10.64</span>; γλίσχρασμα λεῖον . . καὶ π. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>10</span>; <b class="b3">προσανέα πίνειν</b> drink [[soothing]] draughts, <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">P.</span>3.52</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>21</span>; αἱ κατὰ σάρκα . . προσηνεῖς κινήσεις <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 411</span>; τὰ προσηνέστατα βρωτὰ καὶ ποτά <span class="bibl">D.S.17.28</span>; <b class="b3">τόπος ἐνδιατρῖψαι . . προσηνέστατος</b> [[most pleasant]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.69</span>; τὰ ἀπήνεμα καὶ π. <span class="bibl">D.Chr.6.33</span>; π. ὁμιλίαι Plu.2.46e; λεία καὶ π. κίνησις <span class="bibl">Ph.1.322</span>; <b class="b3">π. τι λέγειν</b> [[speak]] [[smooth]] things, <span class="bibl">Th.6.77</span>; φίλα καὶ π. Plu.2.466d; τὸ μειλιχῶδες καὶ π. <span class="bibl">Cerc. 18 ii 10</span>; τὸ π. τοῦ φθέγματος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span>12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. dat., <b class="b3">λύχνῳ π</b>., i.e. [[suitable]], [[fit]] for [[burning]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.94</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of persons, [[gentle]], [[kind]], οὐδ' ἀστοῖσι π. <span class="bibl">Anacr.15</span>; π. ἐγένετο τῇ συγκλήτῳ <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).268.29 (Mantinea, i B.C.); τοῖς φίλοις οὐ π. οὐδὲ ἡδύς <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Nic.</span>5</span>; εὔνους καὶ π. Id.2.708c; προσηνέστερα . . τὰς ψυχὰς τὰ θήλεα τῶν ἀρρένων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span>809a31</span>; τῷ ἤθει προσηνέστατος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>5</span>; π. τὸ [[βλέμμα]] <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pisc.</span>13</span>; also π. ὄψις <span class="bibl">Men.584</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ προσηνὲς αὐτοῦ</b> the [[enticement]] of it, <span class="bibl">Epict.<span class="title">Ench.</span>34</span>: irreg. Sup. προσηνότατος <span class="title">IPE</span>2.197.8 (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[προσηνῶς]] = [[gently]], εἰς ὕπνον κατενεχθείς <span class="bibl">D.S.2.57</span>; <b class="b3">π. λοῦσαι, ἐμβρέξαι</b>, Plu.2.55a,74d; <b class="b3">γῆρας π. φέρειν</b> ib.100d; διάγειν <span class="bibl">D.Chr.32.53</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plot.2.1.7</span>: Comp. προσηνεστέρως, ἡ γεῦσις π. ἀποδέχεται τὰ λιτὰ τῶν ἐδεσμάτων <span class="bibl">Plb.38.5.7</span>. (Cf. [[ἀπηνής]].)</span>