previous next
προσχώννυ_μι (Plb.9.41.4, J.BJ5.5.1) and προσ-ύω (Thphr.HP2.5.5): aor.
A.“προσέχωσα” Hdt.2.10,99: pf. “προσκέχωκα” D.S.1.39:—pf. Pass. “-κέχωσμαι” Thphr.HP5.8.3, Palaeph.28: aor. Pass. “-εχώσθην” Gp.2.24.2:—also προσχόω , 3sg. pres. “προσχοῖ” Th.2.102:—Pass., impf. προσεχοῦτο ib.75: part. “προσχούμενος” Arist.Mete.351b7; inf. προσχοῦσθαι ib. 353a8:—heap upon, esp. of water, deposit mud, silt, etc.: hence,
1. ταῦτα τὰ χωρία π. form these new lands by deposition, of rivers, Hdt. 2.10: abs., ὁ ποταμὸς προσχοῖ ἀεί continually forms fresh deposits, Th. l.c.:—Pass., to be joined to the land by deposits of rivers, Thphr.HP5.8.3.
2. choke with mud, silt up, π. τὰς ἀνωμαλίας fill up hollows, level, Plb. l.c., cf. Str.6.2.10:—Pass., “ἡ θάλαττα ἐξηραίνετο προσχουμένη” Arist.Mete.351b7, cf. 353a8.
II. throw earth upon, J. l. c.; “ἵνα αἱ ῥίζαι προσχωσθῶσι” Gp.2.24.2; also, raise mounds against, “μέρη τῆς πόλεως” Dius ap.J.AJ8.5.3; form by a dam, “τὸν . . ἀγκῶνα τοῦ Νείλου” Hdt.2.99:—Pass., ᾗ προσεχοῦτο where earth was being raised up against it, Th.2.75.
III. generally, heap up, in Pass., “ὄρος ἐξ οὗ ἡ . . ὕλη -κέχωσται” Palaeph.28.
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.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (9 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.10
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.99
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 8.5.3
    • Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, 5.5.1
    • Strabo, Geography, 6.2.10
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.75
    • Polybius, Histories, 9.41.4
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.102
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 1.39
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: