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προσβαίνω

prosbaino

put oneʼs foot against

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

προσβαίνω, Dor. ποτι- Sophr. in Stud.Ital. 10.123: fut. -βήσομαι: aor. 2 προσέβην: aor. Med. προσεβήσατο, Ep. -ετο Il. 14.292:— A. put oneʼs foot against, Hom. (who uses only aor. Act. and Med.), λὰξ προσβὰς ἐκ νεκροῦ χάλκεον ἔγχος ἐσπάσατʼ 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 Λάκαιναν, S. OC 125 (lyr.), X. HG 7.1.29; 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. VA 2.9; 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. OT 1300 (anap.); ἄλλοις ἄλλα π. ὀδύνα E. IT 195 (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.
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