προσπασσαλεύω

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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

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Transliteration A: prospassaleúō Transliteration B: prospassaleuō Transliteration C: prospassaleyo Beta Code: prospassaleu/w

English (LSJ)

Att. προσπαττ-,

   A nail fast to, σε τῷδε . . πάγῳ A.Pr.20; [ἐμβάδια] πρὸς τὸ μέτωπον ὥσπερ κοτίνῳ Ar.Pl.943; but in Hdt.9.120, σανίδα (or σανίδας) προσπασσαλεύσαντες (sc. αὐτῷ) (nisi leg. σανίδι):—Pass., προσπεπατταλευμένον γράφουσι τὸν Προμηθέα πρὸς ταῖς πέτραις Men.535.1; τὴν Ἀνδρομέδαν ἐπί τινος πέτρας . . προσπεπ. Luc.DMar.14.3: metaph., ἀχανής, προσπεπατταλευμένος, ἄφωνος fixed to the spot, Hegesipp.Com.1.25.    II nail up or hang upon a peg, τὸν τρίποδα Hdt.1.144:—Pass., Cratin.164.