προσκαίω
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
Att. προσκάω: aor.
A προσέκαυσα Ar.V.828:—set on fire or burn besides, l.c.; [τὰ ἑψόμενα] Arist.GA767a20; τὴν δᾷδα Thphr. HP9.3.4; ὄψον προσκέκαυκε Alex.124.3:—Pass., σκεύη προσκεκαυμένα pots burnt at the fire, Ar.V.939 (nisi leg. -κεκλημένα), cf. Arist.Mete. 381a27: metaph., to be in love with . ., ἰσχυρῶς προσεκαύθη X.Smp.4.23.
German (Pape)
[Seite 767] (s. καίω), noch dazu anbrennen, anzünden; προσκαύσασα τὴν χύτραν, Ar. Vesp. 828; προσκεκαυμένα σκεύη, 939; übertr., παιδὶ ἰσχυρῶς προσεκαύθη, in Liebe zu einem Knaben entbrennen, Xen. Conv. 4, 23; Sp.
