I.to bring to or upon, apply to, Lat. applicare, Hdt., Eur., etc.; but, πρ. χεῖρά τινι to lay hands upon one, Pind.; also to offer one's hand, as a friend, Xen.:—without dat. to apply, exhibit, employ, use, βίην Hdt.; πρ. τόλμαν to bring it to bear, Pind.: also, πρ. πόλεμον Hdt.
4.to bring forward, quote, cite, Pind.
5.to bring forward proposals, make an offer, πρ. λόγον or λόγους τινι Hdt., Thuc.: absol., πρ. περὶ ὁμολογίας Hdt., Thuc.
B.Pass., with fut. mid. προσοίσομαι, to be borne towards, of ships, to put in, Xen.
2.to go against, attack, assault, τινι or πρός τινα Hdt., etc.; absol. to rush on, make an onset, id=Hdt.; προσφέρεσθαι ἄποροι difficult to engage, id=Hdt.
3.simply, to go to or towards, ἐκ τοῦ Ἰκαρίου πελάγεος προσφερόμενοι sailing, id=Hdt.
4.to deal with, behave oneself in a certain way towards one, id=Hdt., Thuc.;— προσφέρεσθαι πρὸς λόγον to answer it, Xen.
5.προσφέρεσθαί τινι to come near one, be like him, Hdt.
II.προσφέρεσθαί τινι to be put or imposed upon one, τὰ προσφερόμενα πρήγματα id=Hdt.
C.Mid., προσφέρεσθαί τι to take to oneself as meat or drink, Xen.:—Pass., τὰ προσφερόμενα meat or drink, food, id=Xen.
2.to exhibit, φιλοτιμίαν ὑμῖν NTest.
3.to apply or cause to be applied, Polyb.