προσκρούω
νόσημα γὰρ αἴσχιστον εἶναί φημι συνθέτους λόγους → for I consider false words to be the foulest sickness
English (LSJ)
A knock against, τὴν κεφαλὴν παρά τι Ant.Lib.8.7. II intr., strike against, collide with, πυρί Pl.Ti.43c, cf. Epicur. Ep.2p.38U., Nat.2.3; πρός τι Zen.3.29: abs., stumble, fall, D.18.254: metaph. of failure or defeat, μικρὰ προσκρούσας Plu.Sull.11, cf. Luc.17. III metaph., have a collision with another, give offence, τὸ π. καὶ φιλονικεῖν περί τινος D.5.25, cf. 21.61: c. acc. cogn., ἂ προσέκρουον Id.19.205; π. τισί Plu.Them.20, Fab.26, POxy.531.10 (ii A.D.). 2 take offence at, be angry with, τινι D.24.6; ἀλλήλοις Din.1.99, Arist.Pol.1263a18; προσκρούσας τι τούτῳ Aeschin.1.110, cf. D.33.7; φιλοσοφίᾳ Plu.Cat.Ma.23: abs., Pl.Phd.89e; τῶν φίλων οἱ προσκεκρουκότες Arist.EN1166a6.
