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προσέρχομαι

proserchomai

come

Appears 34 times across Plato's dialogues.

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προσέρχομαι, impf. -ηρχόμην Th. 4.121 (unless fr. προσάρχομαι): fut. -ελεύσομαι Plb. 21.14.6 (but the Att. impf. and fut. are commonly προσῄειν, πρόσειμι, q.v.): aor. -ήλυθον, -ῆλθον: pf. -ελήλυθα:—A. come or go to, c. dat., A. Eu. 285, S. OC 1104, etc.; π. Σωκράτει visit him as teacher, X. Mem. 1.2.47; τινὶ ὥσπερ ἀθλητῇ Th. l.c. (v. προσάρχομαι) ; αἷς ἂν προσέλθω [γυναιξί] X. Smp. 4.38: c. dat. loci, δόμοις, ἀκταῖς, A. Eu. 474, E. Hel. 1539: c. acc. loci, πεσσούς, δῶμα, βωμούς, Id. Med. 68, 1205, Alc. 171: rarely c. acc. pers., ἐπειδὴ τοὺς πρυτάνεις προσήλθομεν Aristomen. 4: with Preps. governing acc., π. πρὸς τὸ ἄγγος Hdt. 2.121.βʹ; πρὸς Ἀπολλώνιον PCair.Zen. 375.4 (iii B.C.): with Advbs., π. δεῦρο S. Aj. 1171, etc.; πέλας π. μου E. Andr. 589, cf. S. Tr. 1076, etc.; ἐγγύθεν, ὄπισθεν, Pl. Plt. 289d, R. 327b; ὅπῃ π. χρή ib.493b: abs., approach, draw nigh, Hdt. 1.86, etc.; opp. ἀπέρχομαι, ib.199; of pain, pleasure, etc., to be nigh at hand, S. Ph. 788, E. Or. 859. 2. in hostile sense, attack, π. πρὸς τοὺς ἱππέας X. Cyr. 6.2.16. 3. come in, surrender, capitulate, Th. 3.59. 4. come forward to speak, π. τῷ δήμῳ D. 18.13; πρὸς τὸν δῆμον Aeschin. 3.220; πρὸς ὑμᾶς D. 22.69, 24.176; πρὸς τοὺς ἱερομνήμονας SIG 419.6 (Delph., iii B.C.), cf. 613.24 (ibid., ii B.C.), al.; π. πολιτείᾳ enter political life, Plu. Cat.Mi. 12; π. πρὸς τὰ κοινά come forward in public, D. 18.257; π. πρὸς τὸ πολιτεύεσθαι, πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν, Din. 1.111 (v.l. εἰς), 2.15; πρὸς τὴν πόλιν D. 58.30; π. πρὸς ἓν πρᾶγμα ἴδιον Id. 32.32; ὑμῖν (sc. Ἀθηναίοις) Id. 25.42; ἐπὶ τοὺς συμμάχους X. HG 6.3.3. 5. appear before a tribunal, προσελθὼν εἶπεν BGU 587.2 (ii A.D.), cf. PAmh. 2.66.43 (ii A.D.); π. τῷ δικαστηρίῳ κατʼ αὐτοῦ PSI 1.41.18 (iv A.D.); approach an official, π. διὰ βιβλιδίων τῷ λαμπροτάτῳ ἡγεμόνι BGU 614.12 (iii A.D.); π. τοῖς θεοῖς in supplication, D.C. 56.9. 6. π. τῇ φιλοσοφίᾳ, τοῖς νόμοις, apply oneself to . . , Philostr. VA 3.18, D.S. 1.95; ἐπεὶ προσῆλθον ἀγορασμῷ ἢ καὶ ὑποθήκῃ κλήρου κατοικικοῦ BGU 650.6 (i A.D.); ἐξ οὗ χρόνου προσῆλθεν ἕκαστος τῇ μισθώσει ib.1047 iv 6 (ii A.D.); π. τῇ τούτου κληρονομίᾳ enter upon his inheritance, POxy. 76.22 (ii A.D.), cf. 907.5 (iii A.D.), etc.; have recourse to, τοῖς ἀνασκευαστικωτέροις Sor. 2.50. 7. of things, to be added, Arist. GC 321b27, GA 723a13. II. come in, of revenue, Hdt. 7.144, Lys. 30.20, X. Mem. 3.6.12. III. have sexual intercourse, Hp. Epid. 6.3.14.
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