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προσάγω [ᾰ],
aorist 2 προσήγᾰγον: for aorist 1 προσῆξα see below [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.3 near the end: ] Refs 4th c.BC+]future middle (in passive sense), [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.115 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: once ποσάγω (which see):— bring to or upon, τίς δαίμων τόδε πῆμα προσήγαγ; [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.446, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 993 (Lyric poetry); π. δῶρά τινι “hymnus ad Apollinem” 272; ἄστει κόσμον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).69; θυσίας τινί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.24; βοσκήματα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 762; τῳ θεῶν ὕμνους ἢ χορείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 799b; ἱερεῖα τοῖς βωμοῖς 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.27; ποταγόντω.. τὰ ἱερεῖα.. ποτὶ τὸν βωμόν “SIG” 1010 (from Chalcedon)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. πάντα ἱκανά furnish, supply, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁρμαμάξας[[ [prev. work] 4.3.1; λίθους “PCair.Zen.” 34.13 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 put to, add, ἅμα ἠγόρευε καὶ ἔργον προσῆγε (variant{προῆγεν}) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.92 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of exercises and food, ἐξ ὀλίγου π. [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Insomn.” 89; compare προσαγωγή 11.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 bring to, move towards, apply, τὴν ἄνω γνάθον π. τῇ κάτω [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.68 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ π. τὴν χεῖρά μοι lay it not on me, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 893 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. κεγχρώμασιν ὀφθαλμόν apply it closely, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1386; π. τὴν ῥῖνά τινι 4th c.BC: Diodorus Comicus 2.39; πρὸς τὸ στόμα τὰς χεῖρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 587a27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially of medical applications, ἤπια [ἰήματα] μετὰ τὰ ἰσχυρά [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130; προσαχθέντος φαρμάκου 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 46.1.125: _metaphorically_, [παιδιὰς] π. φαρμακείας χάριν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1337b41; παρρησίαν καὶ δηγμὸν ἀνθρώπῳ δυστυχοῦντι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.69a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __4 of meats, etc., set before, βρώματά τινι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.4, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.126a, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 metaphorically, π. ὅρκους σφι put oaths to them, make them take oaths, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.74. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 in military sense, bring up for the attack, move on towards, π. πύλαις λόχον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1104; τῇ Ποτειδαίᾳ τὸν στρατόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.64; τὸ στράτευμα ἀντίπρῳρον π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.23; [στρατιὰν] π. πρὸς πολεμίους [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; see[[ below 11: so also π. μηχανὰς πόλει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.27, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μηχανῆς μελλούσης προσάξεσθαι (in passive sense) [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.115 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. βίαν τοῖς τείχεσι, τῇ πόλει, etc., [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.32, 12.46, etc. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__7 metaphorically, π. βίαν τοῖς πολεμίοις [[ [prev. author] 15.68, compare “PTeb.” 61 (b). 33 (2nd c.BC, _passive_)] Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.; τὰς ἀνάγκας [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99; συκοφαντίαν π. τοῖς πράγμασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.98 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεινὰν π. τόλμαν apply or put forth daring, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 859 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γράψας.. τίνα οἰκονομίαν προσαγήγοχας what steps you have taken, [[ 3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 240.10 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πολλῶν φόβων προσαγομένων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.23; π. ἡδονάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 798e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__8 bring to or before, τῷ Κύρῳ τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.12, compare “HG” 3.4.8, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; bring in, bring with one, [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.16 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; introduce, πρὸς τὸν δῆμον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.61; πρὸς τὴν βουλήν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.111, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τοὺς πρέσβεις (i. e. before the assembly) [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.28, compare 213; πρεσβείαν ἐλθοῦσαν π. πρὸς βουλὴν καὶ δῆμον “IG” 12.39.12 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; introduce at court, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; bring a person into a law-court as defendant or as witness, [[ “PHal.” 8.5 (3rd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__8.b introduce in writing, λόγῳ π. ὅτι.. introduce the statement.., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 304a13; π. [ἡλικίαν] πρὸς μάθησιν [prev. author] “Pol.” 1336a24; [παιδάριον] π. πρὸς τὰ μαθήματα “PSI” 4.340.24 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ λοιπὰ μυθικῶς προσῆκται have been introduced, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1074b4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__9 bring hither, lead on, τίς [σε] προσήγαγεν χρεί; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 236; ἐλπίς μ᾽ ἀεὶ προσῆγε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, οἴκτῳ καὶ ἐπιεικείᾳ π. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.48; βίᾳ [prev. work] 95 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄκοντες π. ὑπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων[[ [prev. work] 63, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__10 passive, to be brought over, attached to the cause of, with dative, εἴ πως σφίσιν προσαχθείη [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.77: _absolutely_, προσήγεσθε ὑπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων [prev. author] 3.63; compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__11 increase a rent or other charge, [[ PTeb. 72.187 (_passive_), 200 (2nd c.BC); προσηγμένων τοῖς ἀπαιτησίμοις [prev. work]217; ᾧ προσάγω ὑπὲρ ἐπιθέματος ἄλλας δραχμὰς ἑξήκοντα “PRyl.” 99.7 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__12 ={προσαγγέλλω}, announce, report, [[ PTeb. 60.69 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__13 debit a person with an amount, charge it to him, συνέβη ναῦλον ἡμῖν προσάγεσθαι τοῦ πλοίου [[ “PCair.Zen.” 368.28, compare 326.16 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II seemingly intransitive (i.e. ἑαυτόν, στρατόν, etc.), draw near, approach, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.22; πρός τινας LXX.1Ki.18.21 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; especially in a hostile sense, advance against, attack, π. πρὸς τὸ κέρας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.9, etc.; κώμῃ τινί 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.4; δι᾽ ἀπάτης τοῖς βασιλεῦσι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.800a; ἐγγυτέρω ταῖς ἐλπίσιν [prev. author] “Galb.” 9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς τετταράκοντα [ἔτεσι] [[ [prev. author] “Pomp.” 46 ] Refs]; πόταγε (Doric dialect for πρόσαγε) come on! [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.62, 15.78 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μαλακῶς π. [γυναικί] make advances to a woman in an effeminate manner, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.240e ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of Time, τῆς προσαγούσης τρύγης the approaching vintage, [[ “Sammelb.” 5810.16 (4th c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.2 (i.e. ναῦν) bring to, come to land, τόποις [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.54.5, etc.; Ῥόδῳ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 2.1.4 codices ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.3 δυσχερῶς προσῆγον πρὸς τὰς εἰσφοράς uncertain reading in [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.30.5 (πως εἶχον πρὸς Hultsch): ὅσων προσῆξαν] Refs 2nd c.BC+] is falsa lectio in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.97 (ὅσωνπερ ἦρξαν Dobree). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B middle, bring or draw to oneself, attach to oneself, bring over to one's side, σοφίῃ αὐτούς, οὐκ ἀγνωμοσύνῃ προσηγάγετο [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.172; ἀνάγκῃ προσάγεσθαί τινα [prev. author] 6.25, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99; τἀρετῇ π. πόσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 226; ἀπάτῃ π. τὸ πλῆθος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.43; χρήμασι καὶ δωρεαῖς τὸν δῆμον προσάγεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 695d; τῷ ποιεῖν εὖ π. τὰς πόλεις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.80; θεραπείαις [prev. author] 3.22; so [ἵππον] ἠρεμαίως π. τῷ χαλινῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 9.5; συμμάχους καὶ βοηθοὺς π. [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.4.9; τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων ξυμμαχίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.82 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντων π. ὄμματα draw all eyes upon oneself, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 absolutely, draw to oneself, embrace, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 141, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 439b; ἥ γ᾽ ἐμὴν γενειάδα προσήγετ᾽ ἀεὶ στόματι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1100. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.3 with infinitive, ἡ Σφὶγξ τὸ πρὸς ποσὶ σκοπεῖν.. ἡμᾶς.. προσήγετο put us upon considering, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 131 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; προσάξομαι δάμαρτ᾽ ἐᾶν σε.. will induce her to suffer thee.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 659. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II take to oneself, take up, ὀστᾶ [[ [prev. author] “Supp.” 949; τὰ ναυάγια 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.106. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 get for oneself, procure, import, ὧν δεῖται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 1.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ προσαχθέντα imports, [[[prev. work] 4.18. ] Refs]
__B.II.3 αἷς [ταῖς προβοσκίσι] π. εἰς τὸ στόμα τὴν τροφήν with which they bring it to their mouths, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 523b31, compare 526a28, “PA” 685b10. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.4 μηδὲ προσάγου τῷ πράγματι χειμῶνας ἑτέρους do not add further troubles, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 187 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τὸν χρόνον καὶ τὸν πόνον employ it for one's own advantage, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 29.17.4. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__B.II.5 μάρτυρα π. cite as witness, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1049b. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
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