πρόσφυσις

English (LSJ)

εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ, (προσφύομαι)

   A growing to: clinging to, of a rider, ἰσχυροτέρα π. a firmer seat, X.Eq.1.11; of vine to tree, D.H.19.2.    II ongrowth, attachment or point of attachment, e.g. of the legs to the body, Diog.Apoll.6, Hp.Art.45; of the diaphragm to the spine, τῶν φρενῶν ibid.; of the navel in embryos, Arist.GA 745b24; of the caudal vertebrae in birds, Id.IA710a4; of flowers to spray, leaves to stem, Thphr.HP3.16.4,al., 1.10.8, al.: freq. in Arist. of all after or adventitious growths which do not form part of the organism, ἓν γενέσθαι . . προσφύσει Ph.227a17; ἡ τοῦ ᾠοῦ π. GA 754b12; of zoöphytes, HA548b8; assimilation, τῆς τροφῆς Pr.866b21 (prop., adhesion of food to tissues, Gal.Nat.Fac.1.11, 3.1); in trees, growth of new wood, Thphr.HP9.2.6; of a fungus, Id.Fr.168.

German (Pape)

[Seite 787] ἡ, das Anwachsen, auch der Ort der Vereinigung, Theophr.; das Festdaranhasten, ἰσχυροτέραν τὴν πρόσφυσιν παρέχεται Xen. equit. 1, 11, u. Sp.