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|mdlsjtxt=doric ποθ-ήκω fut. ξω<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[have]] arrived at a [[place]], to [[have]] [[come]], be near at [[hand]], be [[present]], Trag.; πρ. ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμόν to [[reach]] to the [[river]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> metaph. to belong to, εἰ τῷ ξένῳ προσήκει Λαΐῳ τι συγγενές if to the [[stranger]] [[there]] belongs any kin with [[Laius]], Soph.; τῷ γὰρ προσήκει [[τόδε]]; whom does [[this]] [[concern]]? Soph.; so οὐδὲν πρὸς τὸ Πέρσας πρ. τὸ [[πάθος]] Hdt.:—of persons, to belong to, be [[related]] to, τινί Eur.; πρ. γένει Ar.:—c. inf., οὐ προσήκομεν κολάζειν τοῖσδε we do not belong to them to [[punish]], i. e. it is not for them to [[punish]] us, Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> impers. it belongs to, concerns, τί οὖν προσήκει ἐμοὶ Κορινθίων; [[what]] [[have]] I to do with the Corinthians? Ar., etc.<br />b. c. dat. pers. et inf. it belongs to, beseems, οἷς προσῆκε πενθῆσαι Aesch.; οὔ σοι προσήκει προσφωνεῖν Soph.: —also c. acc. pers., οὔ σε προσήκει λέγειν 'tis not [[meet]] that thou should'st [[speak]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> in Partic. belonging to one, [[αἰτία]] [[οὐδέν]] μοι προσήκουσα Dem.; τὸ προσῆκον ἑκάστῳ ἀποδιδόναι, suum cuique reddere, Plat.:—absol., τὴν προσήκουσαν σωτηρίαν one's own [[safety]], Thuc.; τὰ μὴ προσήκοντα, = ἀλλότρια, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[befitting]], beseeming, [[proper]], [[meet]], Thuc.:— τὰ προσήκοντα [[what]] is fit, [[seemly]], one's duties, Xen.:— τὸ προσῆκον [[fitness]], [[propriety]], ἐκτὸς τοῦ προσήκοντος Eur.; [[μᾶλλον]] τοῦ πρ., παρὰ τὸ πρ. Plat.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of persons, [[related]], [[akin]], τοῖσι Κυψελίδαισι οὐδὲν ἦν προσήκων Hdt.; προσήκων βασιλεῖ Xen.;—and as Subst., οἱ πρ. τινος one's relations, Thuc.; or οἱ πρ. [[alone]], Hdt.: —[[hence]], αἱ προσήκουσαι ἀρεταί [[hereditary]] [[fair]] [[fame]], Thuc.<br />b. οὐδὲν προσήκων one who has [[nothing]] to do with the [[matter]], Plat.; c. inf., οὐδὲν προσήκων ἐν γόοις παραστατεῖν having no [[concern]] with [[assisting]] one in sorrows, Aesch.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> absol. in neut., οὐ προσῆκον [[though]] or [[since]] it is not [[fitting]], Thuc., Plat.