προσβαίνω
ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale
English (LSJ)
Dor. ποτι- Sophr. in Stud.Ital.10.123: fut. -βήσομαι: aor. 2 προσέβην: aor. Med. προσεβήσατο, Ep.
A -ετο Il.14.292:— put one's foot against, Hom. (who uses only aor. Act. and Med.), λὰξ προσβὰς ἐκ νεκροῦ χάλκεον ἔγχος ἐσπάσατ' Il.5.620; πρὸς τὸ κάτω τοῦ τόξου τῷ ἀριστερῷ ποδὶ π., so as to get a purchase in drawing it, X.An.4.2.28; τῷ ποδί Arist.Mech.852b25. 2 approach, c. acc. loci, in Hom. mostly of mountains or heights, Ἥρη . . προσεβήσετο Γάργαρον ἄκρον Il.14.292, cf. 2.48, 23.117, Od.21.5, Hes.Sc.33, A.Pr. 130 (lyr.), E.Alc.480, etc.; ἐς ἄλσος, ἐς τὴν Αάκαιναν, S.OC125 (lyr.), X.HG7.1.29; ποτιβάντες νυν πὸτ τὰν ἱστίαν θωκεῖτε Sophr. l.c.<*> c. dat., τῷ τείχει π. Pl.Phdr.227d, etc. 3 mount, ascend, κατά τι Hdt.1.84, cf. Plb.7.17.4; πρὸς λόφον Id.1.30.10, etc.; ὄρει π. climb up a mountain, of a town, Philostr.VA2.9; τοῦ ποταμοῦ πρὸς πάντα τὰ χώματα προσβαίνοντος PPetr.2p.22 (iii B.C.). 4 abs., walk, π. μακράν S.Ph.42. 5 metaph., come upon, τίς σε . . προσέβη μανία; Id.OT1300 (anap.); ἄλλοις ἄλλα π. ὀδύνα E.IT195 (lyr.). b attain an age, ἐκ παιδὸς τὸν ἄνδρα προσβάς Sardis 7(1).79c5 (iii A.D.). c join a group, ἐπίκρισις τῶν -βαινόντων εἰς τοὺς ἀπὸ γυμνασίου POxy. 257.5 (i A.D.), cf. Sammelb.7440.10 (ii A.D.), etc.
