προσεπιλαμβάνω
οὗ δ' ἂν Ἔρως μὴ ἐφάψηται, σκοτεινός → he on whom Love has laid no hold is obscure | he whom Love touches not walks in darkness
English (LSJ)
A bandage something to something else, ταινίῃ τὸν βραχίονα περὶ τὸ στῆθος περιδέοντα Hp.Fract.8:—Med., cj. in Sor.Fasc.26. 2 take or require still more, Thphr.HP8.2.7: c. gen., Porph.Abst.2.27; take in, occupy besides, Plb.10.10.5, Gem. 18.3; receive in addition, τὴν ἐποπτείαν Plu.Demetr.26; παλάθην ἰσχάδων Luc.Pisc.41; τοῦ δημοσίου a piece of public land, Plu.Publ. 20: abs., encroach, Thphr.Ign.50. 3 extend, increase, τῷ πλήθει τὴν ἐξουσίαν Arist.Ath.41.2. II Med., lay hold besides, [τινὸς] κατὰ τὸ γόνυ Hp.Fract.13: metaph., help in a thing besides, προσεπιλαβέσθαι τοῦ πολέμου Hdt.5.44; τοῦ ἔργου take part in it, D.C.75.6: abs., attack besides, Pl.Ti.65d. 2 touch on besides, Paus.3.6.9. 3 receive part of, τῶν χωρίων D.S.19.9 (v.l.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 761] (s. λαμβάνω), noch dazu nehmen, einnehmen, Pol. 10, 10, 5; – im med. woran Theil nehmen, bei Etwas mithelfen, c. gen. der Sache u. c. dat. der Person, προσεπιλαβέσθαι τινὶ τοῦ πολέμου, Her. 5, 44, Plat. Tim. 65, d; Plut. Popl. 20.
