προσθήκη
καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸς ἀοιδῷ → and potter is ill-disposed to potter, and carpenter to carpenter, and the beggar is envious of the beggar, the singer of the singer
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (προστίθημι)
A addition, appendage, supplement, προσθήκας . . μοι ὁ λόγος ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐδίζητο Hdt.4.30, cf. Arist.Rh.1354a14; εὖ γὰρ πρὸς εὖ φανεῖσι π. πέλοι A.Ag.500; σμικρὰ π. Pl.R.339b, cf. La.182c; ἐν προσθήκης μέρει by way of appendage, D.11.8 (but ἐν προσθήκῃ μερίς shd. be read in Id.2.14); ἐν ὑπηρέτου καὶ π. μέρει Id.3.31; ἐν π. μοίρᾳ Luc.Zeux.2; προσθήκης μοῖραν ἐπέχειν serve as auxiliaries, D.H.5.67; [Ἀντώνιος] π. τῆς γυναικὸς ἦν Plu.Ant. 62. b additional payment, PTeb.296.3 (ii A.D.), etc. 2 qualification, ἡ τῆς ἀξίας π. the additional qualification of merit, D. Ep.3.12; πᾶσίν εἰσι πράγμασι καὶ λόγοις προσθῆκαι δύο, ἡ τοῦ δικαίου καὶ ἀδίκου Id.23.75: hence, adjective, Gal.11.74, Dosith.p.398 K. 3 accident, circumstance, τὰ δ' ἄλλα προσθήκας ἅπαντα χρὴ καλεῖν Alex.271.5. II aid, assistance, προσθήκῃ θεοῦ S.OT38; ἡ τῶν νόμων π. D.25.24; αἱ λαχάνων π., prov. of what gives no help, Diogenian.2.52. III particle, Longin.21.2; of expletives, π. κεναί Demetr.Eloc.55.
