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προσεδρ-εύω ,
A.sit near, wait or watch beside, “πυρᾷE.Or.403; π. τινί to be always at his side, keep watch on him, D.34.26; τοῖς πράγμασι, τοῖς καιροῖς, Id.1.18, Plb.38.13.9; [τοῖς ἐφήβοις] προσκαρτερῶν ἐπιμελῶς καὶ -εύων, of a κοσμητής, IG22.1028.84; π. τῷ θεῷ wait upon God, J.AJ3.4.1; attend to, “τοῖς τῆς Ἀσίας πράγμασινAJA18.327 (Sardis, i B.C.), cf. CIG2715.18 (Stratonicea); “τῇ θεραπείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦJ.Ap.1.7; “τοῖς ὑπομνήμασιPlb.12.26d.5, cf. Phld.Rh.2.61 S., al.: abs., Arist.HA568b15, Plb.11.4.2; watch the rise of the Nile, Sammelb. 6597 (iii A.D.), al.; persist in, “ταῖς φιλοπονίαιςArist.Pol.1338b25; “τῷ πόθῳAlex.234; apply oneself, “λίανArist.Pol.1337b16; πρὸς ἴδιον to one's own affairs, ib. 1263a29; “εἰς τὰ μαθήματαPSI1.94.8 (ii A.D.).
3. wait, “προσέδρευσα ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας δύο ἐκδεχόμενός σεBGU892.5 (ii A.D.); esp. attend at a law-court, “παρεῖναι καὶ π. τῷ βήματιPAmh.2.81.9 (iii A.D.); attend regularly, serve, as clerk of the court, ib.82.3 (iii/iv A.D.), POxy.59.10 (iii A.D.).
4. to be in seruice, serve, πρὸς τῷ διδασκαλείῳ (as a menial), D.18.258; of an apprentice, “π. τῷ διδασκάλῳPOxy.725.10 (ii A.D.); of a servant, παραμένειν . . καὶ π. PStrassb.40.31 (vi A.D.).
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