προσεδρεύω

English (LSJ)

   A sit near, wait or watch beside, πυρᾷ E.Or.403; π. τινί to be always at his side, keep watch on him, D.34.26; τοῖς πράγμασι, τοῖς καιροῖς, Id.1.18, Plb.38.13.9; [τοῖς ἐφήβοις] προσκαρτερῶν ἐπιμελῶς καὶ -εύων, of a κοσμητής, IG22.1028.84; π. τῷ θεῷ wait upon God, J.AJ3.4.1; attend to, τοῖς τῆς Ἀσίας πράγμασιν AJA18.327 (Sardis, i B.C.), cf. CIG2715.18 (Stratonicea); τῇ θεραπείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ J.Ap.1.7; τοῖς ὑπομνήμασι Plb.12.26d.5, cf. Phld.Rh.2.61 S., al.: abs., Arist.HA568b15, Plb.11.4.2; watch the rise of the Nile, Sammelb. 6597 (iii A.D.), al.; persist in, ταῖς φιλοπονίαις Arist.Pol.1338b25; τῷ πόθῳ Alex.234; apply oneself, λίαν Arist.Pol.1337b16; πρὸς ἴδιον to one's own affairs, ib. 1263a29; εἰς τὰ μαθήματα PSI1.94.8 (ii A.D.).    2 besiege, ταῖς Συρακούσαις Plb.8.7.11.    3 wait, προσέδρευσα ἐφ' ἡμέρας δύο ἐκδεχόμενός σε BGU892.5 (ii A.D.); esp. attend at a law-court, παρεῖναι καὶ π. τῷ βήματι PAmh.2.81.9 (iii A.D.); attend regularly, serve, as clerk of the court, ib.82.3 (iii/iv A.D.), POxy.59.10 (iii A.D.).    4 to be in seruice, serve, πρὸς τῷ διδασκαλείῳ (as a menial), D.18.258; of an apprentice, π. τῷ διδασκάλῳ POxy.725.10 (ii A.D.); of a servant, παραμένειν . . καὶ π. PStrassb.40.31 (vi A.D.).