προσχώννυμι

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(Plb.9.41.4, J.BJ5.5.1) and προσχωννύω (Thphr.HP2.5.5): aor.

   A προσέχωσα Hdt.2.10,99: pf. προσκέχωκα D.S.1.39:—pf. Pass. -κέχωσμαι Thphr.HP5.8.3, Palaeph.28: aor. Pass. -εχώσθην Gp.2.24.2:—also προσχόω, 3sg. pres. προσχοῖ Th.2.102:—Pass., impf. προσεχοῦτο ib.75: part. προσχούμενος Arist.Mete.351b7; inf. προσχοῦσθαι ib. 353a8:—heap upon, esp. of water, deposit mud, silt, etc.: hence,    1 ταῦτα τὰ χωρία π. form these new lands by deposition, of rivers, Hdt. 2.10: abs., ὁ ποταμὸς προσχοῖ ἀεί continually forms fresh deposits, Th. l.c.:—Pass., to be joined to the land by deposits of rivers, Thphr.HP5.8.3.    2 choke with mud, silt up, π. τὰς ἀνωμαλίας fill up hollows, level, Plb. l.c., cf. Str.6.2.10:—Pass., ἡ θάλαττα ἐξηραίνετο προσχουμένη Arist.Mete.351b7, cf. 353a8.    II throw earth upon, J. l. c.; ἵνα αἱ ῥίζαι προσχωσθῶσι Gp.2.24.2; also, raise mounds against, μέρη τῆς πόλεως Dius ap.J.AJ8.5.3; form by a dam, τὸν . . ἀγκῶνα τοῦ Νείλου Hdt.2.99:—Pass., ᾗ προσεχοῦτο where earth was being raised up against it, Th.2.75.    III generally, heap up, in Pass., ὄρος ἐξ οὗ ἡ . . ὕλη -κέχωσται Palaeph.28.