A.nail, rivet, fix to, [Ἰξίονα] τῷ τροχῷ E.ap.Plu.2.19e; “σταυρῷ τινα” J.BJ2.14.9, cf. Luc.Prom.2; “ἐν δέλτῳ γεγραμμένα π.” IG 12(2).35b19 (Mytilene): metaph., “ψυχὴν πρὸς τὸ σῶμα” Pl.Phd.83d, cf. Iamb.Myst.2.6: c. acc. pers., crucify, Plu.2.206a:—Pass., to be fastened by nails, IG22.1640.7, 14.759; of persons, = προσπασσαλεύω, D.21.105; “τοῖς ζυγοῖς τῶν πλοίων προσηλωμένοι τοὺς τραχήλους” LXX 3 Ma.4.9: metaph., Herod.Med. ap. Orib.Fr.106; of the soul, “π. φθαρτικαῖς ὕλαις” Ph.1.237; “προσηλωθέντα, εἰ χρὴ φάναι, τῷ θεῷ” Porph. Abst.1.57.
II. nail up, “τὰ παρασκήνια” D.21.17:—Pass., τὸ ἐργαστήριον σανιδίοις προσηλοῦσθαι to be boarded up, SIG799.26 (Cyzicus, i A.D.).