προσβῐβάζω,
Attic dialectfuture -βιβῶ[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 426 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 166, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 229e:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —causal of προσβαίνω, cause to approach, bring near, π. ἑαυτὸν κινδύνοις expose.. , [[ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 15.5. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__b liken, make to resemble, τινά τινι [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 46. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, bring over, persuade, εὖ προσβιβάζεις με [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 35; τὸ τῇδε καὶ τὸ κεῖσε καὶ τὸ δεῦρο προσβιβᾷ λέγων [prev. author] “Av.” 426 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ λόγῳ προσβιβάζειν [τινάς] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.17, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.93, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 36 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, προσβιβασθῆναι πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 33. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II of things, add, ἐπὶ τούτοις τὸν κολοφῶνα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153c, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.73K. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 π. κατὰ τὸ εἰκὸς ἕκαστον reduce it into accordance with probability, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 229e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τἄλλα π. κατὰ γράμματα καὶ κατὰ συλλαβάς reduce to letters and syllables, [[ [prev. author] “Cra.” 427c. ] Refs]