προσσαίνω

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ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → for he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

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Transliteration A: prossaínō Transliteration B: prossainō Transliteration C: prossaino Beta Code: prossai/nw

English (LSJ)

   A fawn upon, coax, prop. of dogs, S.Fr.1082, Arr.Cyn. 7.2; ταῖς κέρκοις Ph.2.422: mostly metaph., οὐκ ἂν Ἀργείων τόδ' εἴη φῶτα προσσαίνειν κακόν A.Ag.1665 (troch.): c. dat., π. τοῖς συνδείπνοις Ath.3.99e.    2 of things, please, τῶνδε προσσαίνει σέ τι; A.Pr.835, cf. E.Hipp.863.

German (Pape)

[Seite 780] anwedeln, eigtl. von schmeichelnden Hunden, Arr. Cyn. 7, 2; übertr., schmeicheln, liebkosen, εἰ τῶνδε προσσαίνει σέ τι, Aesch. Prom. 837; φῶτα κακόν, Ag. 1650; Soph. frg. 929 u. B. A. 21, 26; Eur. vrbdt auch τύποι σφενδόνης προσσαίνουσί με, Hipp. 863.