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προσγίγνομαι

prosgignomai

attach oneself to

Appears 38 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

προσγίγνομαι, Ion. and later προσγίν- [ῑ], A. attach oneself to another, esp. as an ally, τινι Hdt. 5.103, Th. 7.50, etc.; οἱ προσγεγενημένοι ξύμμαχοι Id. 6.6, cf. Hdt. 4.120, Plu. Them. 7: abs., Hdt. 4.120, 8.136; θαρσεῖν τοῖς προσγιγνομένοις by the reinforcements, Th. 2.79, cf. X. Cyr. 7.5.4; μὴ παραγενέσθαι τῇ μάχῃ, ἀλλὰ π. μετὰ τὴν μάχην Plu. Ant. 22; also in political strife, προσγενομένου τοῦ δήμου αὐτῷ Hdt. 6.136, cf. 110. 2. generally, to be added, accrue, E. Andr. 702, Th. 1.142, al.; ἐκ τῶν σιτίων ταῖς σαρξὶ σάρκες π. Pl. Phd. 96d; τὰ μέν γε τῇ τέχνῃ πράσσειν, τὰ δὲ ἡμῖν ἀνάγκῃ καὶ τύχῃ προσγίγνεται Agatho 8, cf. Pl. R. 346d; opp. ἀπογίγνομαι, χωρίζομαι, Zeno Eleat. 2, Pl. Ti. 82b, Arist. GC 315a16. 3. come to, happen to, τοῖς γὰρ θανοῦσι μόχθος οὐ π. S. Tr. 1173; γνώσει . . θυμοῦ τελευτήν, ὡς κακὴ π. Id. OC 1198, cf. El. 771, Lys. 24.8, Pl. Ti. 86e, etc. 4. become in addition, πρὸς τῷ θυμοειδεῖ ἔτι π. φιλόσοφος Id. R. 375e.
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