- προσχώννυμι
- προσχώννῡμι (Plb.9.41.4, J.BJ5.5.1) and [suff] προς-ύω (Thphr.HP2.5.5): [tense] aor.A
προσέχωσα Hdt.2.10
,99: [tense] pf.προσκέχωκα D.S.1.39
:—[tense] pf. [voice] Pass.-κέχωσμαι Thphr.HP5.8.3
, Palaeph.28: [tense] aor. [voice] Pass.-εχώσθην Gp.2.24.2
:—also [full] προσχόω, [ per.] 3sg. [tense] pres.προσχοῖ Th.2.102
:—[voice] Pass., [tense] impf. προσεχοῦτο ib.75: part.προσχούμενος Arist.Mete.351b7
; inf. προσχοῦσθαι ib. 353a8:—heap upon, esp. of water, deposit mud, silt, etc.: hence,1 ταῦτα τὰ χωρία π. form these new lands by deposition, of rivers, Hdt. 2.10: abs., ὁ ποταμὸς προσχοῖ ἀεί continually forms fresh deposits, Th. l.c.:—[voice] Pass., to be joined to the land by deposits of rivers, Thphr.HP5.8.3.2 choke with mud, silt up, π. τὰς ἀνωμαλίας fill up hollows, level, Plb. l.c., cf. Str.6.2.10:—[voice] Pass.,ἡ θάλαττα ἐξηραίνετο προσχουμένη Arist.Mete.351b7
, cf. 353a8.II throw earth upon, J. l. c.;ἵνα αἱ ῥίζαι προσχωσθῶσι Gp.2.24.2
; also, raise mounds against,μέρη τῆς πόλεως Dius
ap.J.AJ8.5.3; form by a dam,τὸν . . ἀγκῶνα τοῦ Νείλου Hdt.2.99
:—[voice] Pass., ᾗ προσεχοῦτο where earth was being raised up against it, Th.2.75.III generally, heap up, in [voice] Pass.,ὄρος ἐξ οὗ ἡ . . ὕλη -κέχωσται Palaeph.28
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