προσεδρ-εία, orπροσεδρ-εδρία(required by metre in E. Or. 93 and found in Pap. of Phld. (v. infr.), but-εία PTeb.(v. infr.)),ἡ,
A. sitting byornear: esp.,
1. besieging, blockade, Th. 1.126 , D.C. 36.51 .
2. close attention toa thing,assiduity,
PTeb. 24.39
(ii B.C.), Phld. Rh. 1.232
S. , Longin. ap. Porph. Plot. 19 , Iamb. Protr. 6 ; esp.sitting by a sick-bed, E. Or. 93 , 304 ;αἱ τῶν τέκνων π.attentionspaid by them, Hierocl. p.58A.