προσήνεια

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αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point

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Transliteration A: prosḗneia Transliteration B: prosēneia Transliteration C: prosineia Beta Code: prosh/neia

English (LSJ)

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   A mildness, softness, προσηνείης εἵνεκεν for the sake of ease or comfort, Hp.Acut.21; μετὰ προσηνείας cj. in Herod.Med. ap. Orib.10.18.5; quietude, Sm.Ec.9.17; of language, ἡ σαφήνεια καὶ ἡ π. τῶν δηλουμένων S.E.M.1.194.