A.application, e.g. of the touchstone, A. Ag.391 (lyr., pl.); ἡ τῆς σικύας π. Arist.Rh.1405b3; “ἡ π. τῶν ὀμμάτων πρός τι” Pl.Tht.153e; φίλιαι π. προσώπων, of kisses, E.Supp.1138 (lyr.): abs., kiss, embrace, Id.Med.1074; τῆς γλώττης προσβολαί, opp. συμβολαὶ τῶν χειλῶν, Arist.PA660a6; ἄνευ προσβολῆς (sc. τῆς γλώττης) pronounced without applying the tongue to the teeth, etc., Id.Po.1456b26: metaph., “π. τῆς φαντασίας” Stoic.2.33: abs., of an act of intuition, Porph.Sent.43, Plot.2.9.1, 3.8.10, al.
2. in an auction, document recording the knocking down of a lot to a purchaser, PEleph.23.17 (iii B.C.), PTeb.814.28 (iii B.C.).
II. (from intr. sense) falling upon, attack, assault (expld. by Hsch. as τῶν ἀθλητῶν ἡ συναφὴ καὶ κατοχή）“, π. Ἀχαιίς” A.Th.28; “προσβολὴν ποιέεσθαι πέριξ τὸ τεῖχος” Hdt.3.158: pl., Id.4.128, Th.2.4, 5.61, X.HG 1.3.14, etc.; “προσβολὰς παρασκευάζεσθαι τῷ τείχει” Th.2.18; “προσβολῆς γινομένης πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος” Hdt.6.101; “τὰς π. ἀποκρούεσθαι” Id.4.200; “προσβολαὶ ἱππέων” Th.3.1, cf. X.An.3.4.2; π. sudden attacks, opp. ξυσταδὸν μάχαι, Th.7.81; ἐκ προσβολῆς at the first assault, Philostr.Her.19.3; ἀντιφραττόμενοι ταῖς π. SIG780.19 (Epist.Augusti, i B.C.).
2. generally, attack, visitation, “προσβολαὶ Ἐρινύων” A.Ch. 283; “μιασμάτοιν” Id.Eu.600; “δαιμόνων” Ar.Pax39 (with allusion to the stench striking one's nose, cf. “προσβάλλω” 1.3); “προσβολαὶ κακαί” E.El.829; “ἐκ θεοῦ προσβολῆς ἐμηνάμην” Id.Cret.9; “π. θεῖαι” Antipho 3.3.8; “πυρὸς ἢ χειμῶνος προσβολῇ” Pl.Lg.865b; attack, fit of disease, Dsc. 5.113; “π. δεισιδαιμονίας” Plu.2.43d: but, beat of pulse, Ruf.Syn.Puls. 7.5.
3. without hostile sense, impact of sound, βραδεῖα μὲν γὰρ ἐν λόγοισι π. μόλις δι᾽ ὠτὸς ἔρχεται ῥυπωμένου, i.e. impressions through an old man's ears are slow, S.Fr.858; contact, “π. καὶ ἐπαφή” Stoic.2.123; “τοῦ ἡλίου αἱ π. αἱ πρῶται” Ael.NA14.23.
4. means of approaching, approach, “παρέχειν π. καὶ ἐπαφήν” Pl.Sph.246a; προσβολὰς ἀφράστους ἔχειν, of a place, Plu.Caes.53; π. ἔχειν τῆς Σικελίας to afford a means of entering Sicily, Th.4.1; ἡ τοῦ στομάχου π. Arist.HA507b3; οὔσης . . τραχείας τῆς π. Plb.3.51.4; of ships, landing-place, harbour, place to touch at, ὁλκάδων π. Th.4.53; of a place, ἐν προσβολῇ εἶναι τῆς Σικελίας to be a port of call on the voyage to Sicily, Id.6.48; meeting-point, Pl.Ti.36c.
5. Rhet., in pl., approaches to a subject, ject, Philostr.VS1.9.1.
III. (from Pass.) that which is put upon a weapon or tool, iron point, D.C.38.49 (pl.), Phryn.PSp.100 B. (nisi leg. προβολή).
2. point of attachment of a stake fixed in the ground, Plb.18.18.14 (pl.).
