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προσπελ-άζω ,
A.cause to approach, bring near to, νέα μέν μοι κατέαξε . . ἄκρῃ προσπελάσας having driven her against the headland, Od.9.285: —Pass. προσπελασθείς is f.l. for πατρὸς πελ. in S.OT1101 (lyr.).
2. π. τὴν ἁφήν apply touch, Marcellin.Puls.130.
II. intr., approach, τινι Pl.Smp.206d, D.S.15.42, etc.; associate with, Phld.Ir.p.47 W.; also of hostile approach, Aen.Tact.22.12, 39.6; deal with, in argument, Gal.18(1).278; visit, “τοῖς αὐτοφυέσι . . ὕδασιν” Alex.Trall. 8.2.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 15.42
    • Plato, Symposium, 206d
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 1101
    • Homer, Odyssey, 9.285
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