προσπτήσσω
From LSJ
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
English (LSJ)
A crouch or cower towards, ἀκταὶ λιμένος ποτιπεπτηυῖαι (Ep. pf. part. for προσπεπτηκυῖαι) headlands verging towards the harbour, i.e. shutting it in, Od.13.98.
