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προσ-πταίω , Ep. ποτιπταίω Q.S.7.81:—
A.hurt by striking against a thing, injure, “τὸ γόνυ” Hdt.6.134; “τὸν πόδα” Plu. Ages.3: abs., bump oneself, Pl.R.604c; hurt one's foot, X.HG3.3.3; stumble, Ar.Pl.121; “πρὸς τὸν οὐδόν” Plu.TG17; “ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ” Thphr.Char. 15.8; “πόδεσσι” Q.S. l.c.
2. c. dat. objecti, stumble upon, strike against, “τισὶν ὥσπερ προβόλοις” D.10.63; “τῷ νόμῳ” Porph.Chr.30.
3. generally, to be checked, “πνεῦμα προσπταῖον ἐν τῇ ἄνω φορῇ” Hp.Acut. 42; of the tongue, Arist.Pr.905b30; “προσπταίειν . . ποιεῖ τὸν ἀκροατήν” Id.Rh.1409b19.
II. metaph., suffer check or disaster, opp. εὐτυχέω, Hdt.3.40; of shipwreck, “π. περὶ τὸν Ἄθων” Id.7.22; esp. fail in war, suffer defeat, “ναυμαχίῃ” Id.9.107; “προσπταίσας μεγάλως” Id.1.16, cf. 2.161, 5.62; πρὸς Τεγεήτας lost battles against them, Id.1.65; “τῷ πεζῷ π. πρὸς τοὺς Βρύγους” Id.6.45.
III. c. dat., offend, clash with, “τῷ δήμῳ” Plu.Per.32, cf. Cat.Mi.30.
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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