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πρόσκειμαι (on the Ion. forms
A.v. κεῖμαι), serving as Pass. to προστίθημι, to be placed or laid by or upon, lie by or upon, οὔατα προσέκειτο handles were upon it, Il.18.379; τῇ θύρᾳ πρόσκεισο keep close to the door, Ar.V.142, cf. E.Ph.739; δοκοὶ τῷ τείχει . . προσκείμεναι lying near the wall, Th.4.112; of places, lie near, be adjacent, “τῷ καλῷ ἀκρωτηρίῳ” Plb.3.24.2, etc.; ὁ προσκείμενος [ἵππος] the inside horse (turning a corner), S.El.722: metaph., πρόσκειται τὸ κάλλος （ὁ καλός ap. Stob.) “τῷ ἀγαθῷ” X.Oec.6.15.
2. lie beside, cling to, “ἀμφὶ μέσσῃ περιπετῆ προσκείμενον” S.Ant.1223.
3. of pessaries, to be applied, remain in place, Hp.Nat.Mul.109, Mul.1.37.
II. generally, to be involved in or bound up with, “εἴ τῳ πρόσκειμαι χρηστῷ” S.El.240 (lyr.); ᾧ σὺ πρόσκεισαι κακῷ ib.1040; “κακοῖς γὰρ οὐ σὺ πρόσκεισαι μόνη” E.Fr.418; cf. infr. 111.
2. to be attached or devoted to, τινι Hdt. 6.61; “τῷ δήμῳ” Th.6.89, etc.: abs., θεραπεύων π. Id.8.52; devote oneself to the service of a god, “τῷ Διονύσῳ” D.C.51.25; π. διάκονος καὶ ἀκόλουθος ἐκείνῳ (sc. τῷ θεῷ) Arr.Epict.4.7.20; also of things, π. τῷ λεγομένῳ put faith in a story, Hdt.4.11; π. οἴνῳ, τῇ φιλοινίῃ, to be addicted to wine, Id.1.133, 3.34; ἄγραις devote oneself to hunting, S.Aj.407 (lyr.); “ταῖς ναυσί” Th.1.93, cf. 8.89; “τῇ τοῦ ὄντος ἰδέᾳ” Pl.Sph.254a; “τῇ τοῦ Ὁμήρου ποιήσει” Paus.2.21.10; “τοῖς Δημοσθένους λόγοις” Aristid.2.315J.; “θειασμῷ” Th.7.50, Plu.Nic.4.
3. urge, entreat, solicit, “Κύρῳ π. δῶρα πέμπων” Hdt.1.123; π. αὐτῷ ἀξιοῦντες . . X.HG3.4.7: abs., ἐπηκολούθουν κἠντιβόλουν προσκείμενοι with importunity, Ar.Fr.543; προσκείμενος ἐδίδασκε with zeal, Th.7.18; “δεόμενοι προο έκειντο” Plu. Per.33.
b. in military sense, press hard, pursue closely, “ἡ ἵππος προσέκειτο πᾶσα” Hdt.9.57, cf. 40,60; “ᾗ μάλιστα αὐτοῖς προσκέοιντο” Th.4.33, etc.; τὸ προσκείμενον the pressure of the enemy, Hdt.9.61; “κλύδωνα πολεμίων προσκείμενον” E.IT316: metaph., “ἀνάγκης ἀεὶ προσκειμένης” Pl.Phdr.240e: rarely c. acc., “οἵ μ᾽ ἀεὶ προσκείμενοι” E.IA814 (s.v.l.).
III. to be assigned to, fall to, belong to, “τοῖσι θεῶν τιμὴ αὕτη πρόσκειται” Hdt.1.118, cf. 2.83, etc.; τῷ πρόσκειμαι δούλα; E.Tr. 185 (lyr.), cf. Hdt.1.196; of qualities, “τὴν ἀβουλίαν ὅσῳ μέγιστον ἀνδρὶ πρόσκειται κακόν” S.Ant.1243; “βραχεῖ λόγῳ δὲ πολλὰ π. σοφά” Id.Fr.102; “ἦ πόλλ᾽ ἀγρώταις σκαιὰ π. φρενί” E.Rh.266; “τὸ δ᾽ ἄρσεν αὐτοὺς ὠφελεῖ προσκείμενον” Id.Hipp.970; τὸ ῥῆμα πρόσκειται τῇ προτέρᾳ τέρᾳ αἰτιατικῇ belongs to . ., A.D.Synt.243.20; to be laid upon as a charge, business, “προξείνους ἀποδεικνύναι τούτοισι προσκεῖσθαι” Hdt.6.57, cf. 1.119; “ἐμοὶ τοῦτο π., μηδένα πελάζειν δόμοις” E.Hel.443; “ἄλλῳ δ᾽ ἄλλο π. γέρας, σὲ μὲν μάχεσθαι, τοὺς δὲ βουλεύειν καλῶς” Id.Rh.107; of punishments, “προσκειμένης ζημίας τῷ πωλοῦντι” X.Vect.4.21 (sed leg. προκ-).
2. to be added or attached to, ἄλγος ἄλγει π. E.Alc. 1039; “ἐπὶ τοῖς πάλαι κακοὶς π. πῆμα” Id.Heracl.483; “κέρδος πρὸς ἔργῳ” Id.Rh.162; “π. τῇ πόλει ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ὥσπερ ἵππῳ” Pl.Ap.30e; ἐχθρὰ δὲ τῷ θανόντι προσκείσει thou wilt be for ever hated by . ., S.Ant.94; “ταῦτα προσκείσθω τοῖς εἰρημένοις” Isoc.15.196: abs., “ἡ χάρις προσκείσεται” S.OT232; “εἰ πρόσκειταί τι γράμμα ἢ ἀφῄρηται” Pl.Cra.393d; αἱ γραφαὶ (of νώ）“ οὐκ ἔχουσι τὸ ι_ προσκείμενον” A.D.Pron.86.12; τὰ ἀντίγραφα οὐκ ἔχει προσκείμενον τῷ "φρενιτικοί" τὸ "εἰσίν" Gal.16.491, cf. 840.
3. Arith. and Geom., to be added, opp. ἀφῃρῆσθαι, Arist.EN1132b7, cf. 1138a19, PCair.Zen.707.3, 709.7 (iii B.C.); προσκείσθω ποτί . . Archim.Spir.10; also κοινὸς -κείσθω λόγος let the ratio be multiplied into both, Papp.66.28.
4. in Logic, to be added as a determinant (v. “πρόσθεσις” 111.2), “τὸ προσκείμενον” Arist.Int.21a21; τοῖς ὅροις, ἄλλῳ π., Id.APr.30a1, Metaph.1029b31; so later, to be specified or given in a document, ὁ αὐτὸς χρόνος π. BGU388 ii 37 (ii A.D.), cf. PRyl.421.36 (iii A.D.), etc.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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