A.ibo), inf. -ιέναι, used in Att. as fut. of προσέρχομαι, and προσῄειν as impf.:—go to or towards, approach, abs. in Hom. and Hes. in dat. and acc. of part., “χάρη δ᾽ ἄρα οἱ προσιόντι” Il.5.682; “ὡς εἶδον ζωὸν . . προσιόντα” 7.308; “πρόσιθι” E.Or.149 (lyr.); “σχολαίτερον προσιόντας” Th.4.47 codd.; approach a person, Id.1.130, cf. And.1.122; of an enemy, “βραδέως προσῇσαν” X.An.1.8.11, etc.; of an adversary at law, “πρόσεισιν ἐκδικάσων” BGU361 iii 11 (ii A.D.), cf. POxy.1101.15 (iv A.D.): c. dat. pers., approach one, Hdt.1.62, etc.; apply to a person for help, PStrassb.57.6 (ii A.D.), etc.; π. Σωκράτει visit him as teacher, X.Mem.1.2.47; π. γυναικί go in to a woman, Id.Smp.4.38 (so abs., Ocell.4.1): c. acc. loci, δῶμα, δόμους, A.Eu.242, E.Cyc. 40: with Preps. governing acc., “εἰς . . ” S.El.437, X.HG7.5.15, etc.; πρὸς τὰς πύλας, πρὸς τὴν Λάχεσιν, Hdt.8.52, Pl.R.620d, etc.
2. in hostile sense, attack, “καὶ φιλέοντα φιλεϊν καὶ τῷ προσιόντι προσεῖναι” Hes.Op.353 (cf. Sch.Od.1.406, Apollon.Lex. s.v. εἶναι), cf. X.Cyr.2.4.12; “τῇ πόλει” Id.An.7.6.24 (dub.); “πρὸς τοὺς βαρβάρους” Hdt.9.100; “ἐπὶ τὸ στράτευμα” X.Cyr.7.1.24.
4. come forward to speak, “π. τῷ δήμῳ” X.Mem.3.7.1; π. τῇ βουλῇ, τοῖς ἐφόροις, come before . . , D.19.17, Plb.4.34.5; “π. πρὸς βουλὴν ἢ δῆμον” X.Ath.3.3; “πρὸς τὰς ἀρχάς” Th.1.90; “πρὸς τὰ κοινά” Aeschin.1.165; “πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν π.” Id.3.217 (but “π. πολιτείᾳ” Plu.2.1033f): abs., come forward to speak, περὶ τῶν γεγενημένων And 1.111.
5. of things, to be added, “σάρκες ἐκ τῆς τροφῆς π. ταῖς σαρξί” Arist.GA723a11, cf. GC322a26, al.; “τῷ δ᾽ ἐναντίῳ κύτει ἐλπὶς προσῄει χειρὸς οὐ πληρουμένῳ” A.Ag.817.
II. of Time, come on, be at hand, ἐπεὰν προσίῃ (v.l. προσῇ)“ ἡ ὥρη κυΐσκεσθαι τὰς ἵππους” Hdt.4.30, cf. 2.41; “ἑσπέρα προσήει” X.Cyr.3.2.25; προσιόντος τοῦ θερμοῦ on the approach of heat, Pl.Phd.103d; π. [τῶν ἀνέμων] X.Mem.4.3.14.
III. come in, of revenue, φόροι, ἑπτακόσια τάλαντα π., Hdt.3.89,91, cf. Th.2.13, X.Vect.4.1; “τῶν τε ὄντων χρημάτων καὶ τῶν προσιόντων τοῖς θεοῖς” IG12.91.26; “τὸν φόρον ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων . . προσιόντα” Ar.V.657; τὰ προσιόντα χρήματα the public revenue, Id.Ec. 712, Lys.30.19; τὰ προσιόντα alone, Ar.V.664; “τὰ π. τῇ πόλει” Lys. 21.13.