προσεδρ-εύω,
sit near, wait or watch beside, πυρᾷ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 403 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινί to be always at his side, keep watch on him, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῖς πράγμασι, τοῖς καιροῖς, [[ [prev. author] 1.18, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 38.13.9 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; [τοῖς ἐφήβοις] προσκαρτερῶν ἐπιμελῶς καὶ -εύων, of a κοσμητής, [[ “IG” 22.1028.84] Refs]; π. τῷ θεῷ wait upon God, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.4.1 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; attend to, τοῖς τῆς Ἀσίας πράγμασιν [[ “AJA” 18.327 (Sardis, 1st c.BC),compare “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2715.18 (from Stratonicea)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; τῇ θεραπείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 1.7; τοῖς ὑπομνήμασι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.26d. 5, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.61 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, +others: _absolutely_, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 568b15, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.4.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; watch the rise of the Nile, [[ “Sammelb.” 6597 (3rd c.AD), +others] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; persist in, ταῖς φιλοπονίαις [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1338b25; τῷ πόθῳ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 234 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; apply oneself, λίαν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1337b16 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἴδιον to one's own affairs,[[ [prev. work] 1263a29; εἰς τὰ μαθήματα “PSI” 1.94.8 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 besiege, ταῖς Συρακούσαις [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.7.11. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 wait, προσέδρευσα ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας δύο ἐκδεχόμενός σε [[ “BGU” 892.5 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; especially attend at a law-court, παρεῖναι καὶ π. τῷ βήματι [[ “PAmh.” 2.81.9 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; attend regularly, serve, as clerk of the court, [[[prev. work] 82.3 (3rd-4th c.AD), “POxy.” 59.10 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]