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προσμείγνυμι 1 2 3

I.to mingle or join to, τί τινι Plut.:—metaph., πρ. δεσπόταν κράτει to lead him to sure victory, Pind.; and reversely, πρ. κίνδυνόν τινι Aeschin.
II.intr. to hold intercourse with, approach, τινί Soph.:—of things, προσέμιξεν τοὔπος ἡμῖν came suddenly upon us, id=Soph.
2.in hostile sense, to go against, meet in battle, engage with, τινί Hdt.; πρός τινα Thuc.:—absol. to engage, Xen.; ἄποροι προσμίσγειν difficult to come to close quarters with, Hdt.
3.to come or go close up to, προσέμιξαν τῷ τείχει Thuc.; πρὸς τὰς ἐπάλξεις id=Thuc.; but, πρὸς τὰς ἐντὸς [νέας] προσμῖξαι to form a junction with them, id=Thuc.; προσέμιξεν ἐγγὺς τοῦ στρατεύματος came near the army, id=Thuc.:—poet. c. acc., μέλαθρα πρ. Eur.
4.προσέμιξαν τῇ Νάξῳ, τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ put to shore at, landed in, Hdt.; τῷ Τάραντι προσμίσγει Thuc.

1 or -μίσγω

2 fut. -μίξω

3 aor1 -έμιξα

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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