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I.to put to, Lat. apponere, Od.; πρ. τὰς θύρας to put to the door, Hdt.; πρ. κλίμακας τοῖς πύργοις Thuc.
2.to hand over or deliver to, θεῶν γέρα ἐφημέροισι προστίθει Aesch.; γυναῖκα πρ. τινί to give her to him as wife, Hdt., etc.
II.πρ. πρῆγμά τινι to impose further business on a man, Hdt.; also c. inf., πρ. τινὶ πρήσσειν τι id=Hdt.:—then, πρ. τινὶ ἀτιμίην to impose disgrace upon him, id=Hdt.; λύπην, πόνους Eur.; ζημίας τινί Thuc.
III.to add, πρ. τι τῷ νόμῳ Hdt.; ὅρκῳ πρ. (sc. τὸν λόγον), i. e. to make oath and then add the statement, Soph.:—absol. to make additions, to augment, Thuc.
2.esp. of adding articles to documents, πρ. τι περὶ τῆς ξυμμαχίας id=Thuc.; πρ. τῷ δικαίῳ to add to the definition of right, Plat.
B.Mid., προστίθεσθαι τὴν γνώμην τινί to associate one's opinion to another, i. e. agree with him, Dem.: absol. to associate oneself to, οἷς ἂν σὺ προσθῇ Soph.; πρ. τῷ ἀστῷ to be well-inclined to him, Hdt.:—absol. to come in, submit, ap. Dem.
2.to give one's assent, agree to a thing, c. dat., Hdt., Thuc., etc.
3.ψῆφον δ᾽ Ὀρέστῃ τήνδ᾽ ἐγὼ προσθήσομαι, literally, will deposit this vote in favour of Orestes, Aesch.; so, μὴ μιᾷ ψήφῳ προστίθεσθαι (sc. τὴν γνώμην) ἀλλὰ δυοῖν Thuc.
II.c. acc. pers. to associate with oneself, i. e. take to one as a friend or ally, win over, Hdt., Thuc.; φίλον πρ. τινά Hdt.; ταύτην προσθοῦ δάμαρτα take her to wife, Soph.
2.c. acc. rei, to add to oneself, gain, πρ. πλέον to be profited, id=Soph.; πρ. χάριν ῀ ἐπιχαρίζεσθαι, id=Soph.; of evils, to bring upon oneself, Trag., etc.
b.to bring upon others, προσεθήκαντο πόλεμον made war, Hdt.; μῆνιν προσθέσθαι τινί to vent wrath upon him, id=Hdt.
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