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|Definition=ἡ, ([[προσβάλλω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[application]], e.g. of the [[touchstone]], A. ''Ag.''391 (lyr., pl.); <b class="b3">ἡ τῆς σικύας π.</b> Arist.''Rh.''1405b3; ἡ π. τῶν ὀμμάτων πρός τι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''153e; <b class="b3">φίλιαι π. προσώπων</b>, of kisses, E.''Supp.''1138 (lyr.): abs., [[kiss]], [[embrace]], Id.''Med.''1074; <b class="b3">τῆς γλώττης προσβολαί</b>, opp. <b class="b3">συμβολαὶ τῶν χειλῶν</b>, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''660a6; <b class="b3">ἄνευ προσβολῆς</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῆς γλώττης</b>) pronounced without [[apply]]ing the [[tongue]] to the [[teeth]], etc., Id.''Po.''1456b26: metaph., π. τῆς [[φαντασία]]ς ''Stoic.''2.33: abs., of an act of [[intuition]], Porph.''Sent.''43, Plot.2.9.1, 3.8.10, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in an [[auction]], [[document recording the knocking down]] of a [[lot]] to a [[purchaser]], ''PEleph.''23.17 (iii B.C.), ''PTeb.''814.28 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> (from intr. sense) [[falling upon]], [[attack]], [[assault]] (expld. by [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] as <b class="b3">τῶν ἀθλητῶν ἡ συναφὴ καὶ κατοχή</b>), π. Ἀχαιίς A.''Th.''28; προσβολὴν ποιέεσθαι πέριξ τὸ τεῖχος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.158: pl., Id.4.128, Th.2.4, 5.61, X.''HG'' 1.3.14, etc.; προσβολὰς παρασκευάζεσθαι τῷ τείχει Th.2.18; προσβολῆς γινομένης πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.101; τὰς π. [[ἀποκρούεσθαι]] Id.4.200; προσβολαὶ ἱππέων Th.3.1, cf. X.''An.''3.4.2; π. [[sudden attacks]], opp. <b class="b3">ξυσταδὸν μάχαι</b>, Th.7.81; [[ἐκ προσβολῆς]] = [[at the first assault]], Philostr.''Her.''19.3; <b class="b3">ἀντιφραττόμενοι ταῖς π.</b> ''SIG''780.19 (Epist.Augusti, i B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[attack]], [[visitation]], προσβολαὶ Ἐρινύων A.''Ch.'' 283; μιασμάτοιν Id.''Eu.''600; δαιμόνων Ar.''Pax''39 (with [[allusion]] to the [[stench]] [[striking]] one's [[nose]], cf. [[προσβάλλω]] 1.3); προσβολαὶ κακαί E.''El.''829; ἐκ θεοῦ προσβολῆς ἐμηνάμην Id.''Cret.''9; π. θεῖαι Antipho 3.3.8; πυρὸς ἢ χειμῶνος προσβολῇ Pl.''Lg.''865b; [[attack]], [[fit]] of [[disease]], Dsc. 5.113; π. [[δεισιδαιμονία]]ς Plu.2.43d: but, [[beat]] of [[pulse]], Ruf.''Syn.Puls.'' 7.5.<br><span class="bld">3</span> without hostile sense, [[impact]] of sound, <b class="b3">βραδεῖα μὲν γὰρ ἐν λόγοισι π. μόλις δι' ὠτὸς ἔρχεται ῥυπωμένου</b>, i.e. [[impression]]s through an old man's ears are slow, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''858; [[contact]], π. καὶ [[ἐπαφή]] ''Stoic.''2.123; τοῦ ἡλίου αἱ π. αἱ πρῶται Ael.''NA''14.23.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[means of approaching]], [[approach]], παρέχειν π. καὶ ἐπαφήν Pl.''Sph.''246a; <b class="b3">προσβολὰς ἀφράστους ἔχειν</b>, of a place, Plu.''Caes.''53; <b class="b3">π. ἔχειν τῆς Σικελίας</b> to [[afford]] a [[means]] of [[entering]] [[Sicily]], Th.4.1; <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ στομάχου π.</b> [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''507b3; <b class="b3">οὔσης… τραχείας τῆς π.</b> Plb.3.51.4; of ships, [[landing-place]], [[harbour]], [[place to touch at]], <b class="b3">ὁλκάδων π.</b> Th.4.53; of a place, <b class="b3">ἐν προσβολῇ εἶναι τῆς Σικελίας</b> to be a [[port of call]] on the [[voyage]] to [[Sicily]], Id.6.48; [[meeting-point]], Pl.''Ti.''36c.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Rhet., in plural, [[approach]]es to a [[subject]], ject, Philostr.''VS''1.9.1.<br><span class="bld">III</span> (from Pass.) that which is put upon a [[weapon]] or [[tool]], [[iron point]], D.C.38.49 (pl.), Phryn.''PS''p.100 B. ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[προβολή]]).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[point of attachment]] of a stake fixed in the ground, Plb.18.18.14 (pl.).