A.going or coming to, approach, Pi.N.6.45, Th.4.110; ἡ π. μάλιστα ταύτῃ ἐγίνετο the approach was most feasible on this part, Hdt.9.21; ἀπείπατο τὴν π. rejected his advances, Id.1.205; στυγναὶ π. μελάθρων to the halls, E. Alc.861 (anap.); “π. χαλεπαὶ πρὸς τὸ χωρίον” X.An.5.2.3; “ἐτάμομες κοινὰν πόθοδον . . πὸτ τὰν οἰκίαν” Tab.Heracl.2.43.
2. onset, “π. ποιέεσθαι” Hdt.7.223, 9.101; πρόσοδοι τῆς μάχης onsets or attacks, Id.7.212; “αἱ π. αἱ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους” X.Cyn.12.3.
3. solemn procession to a temple with singing and music, “π. μακάρων ἱερώταται” Ar.Nu.307 (lyr.), cf. Pax 397 (lyr.); “θυσίαι καὶ π. καὶ εὐχαί” Lys.6.33; “ἐπιτελέων τᾶν εὐχᾶν γενομενᾶν θυσίαν καὶ πόθοδον ποιήσασθαι” SIG581.6 (Crete, iii/ii B.C.); οἱ ἐπὶ τὰς προσόδους magistrates in charge of the (commissariat of the) processions, ib.711B21 (Delph., ii B.C.), cf. IG22.1707 (iii B.C.); “θεοῖς π. τε καὶ πομπὰς ποιεῖσθαι” Pl.Lg.796c; αἱ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς π. X.An.6.1.11, cf. D.18.86.
4. approach to an assembly or council, “πρόσοδον εἶναι αὐτῷ πρός τε τοὺς πρυτάνεις κτλ . . . πρώτῳ μετὰ τὰ ἱερὰ ὅταν τι δέηται” IG12.59.17; γράψασθαι πρόσοδον πρὸς τὴν βουλήν to petition for a hearing, D.24.48; “π. ποιεῖσθαι πρὸς τὸν δῆμον” Aeschin.1.81, cf. IG22.1012.12, 9(1).694.39 (Corcyra), 12(5).837.20 (Tenos); αἱ πρὸς τὴν βουλὴν αὐτῶν π. Aeschin.2.59; “περὶ σωτηρίας τὴν π. ἐποιησάμην” Isoc.7.1; approach to an official, PTeb.326.11 (iii A.D.); π. ποιήσασθαι τῷ δικαστηρίῳ Mitteis Chr.96 iii 4 (iv A.D.); “τὴν π. πρὸς ὑμᾶς ποιοῦμεν” BGU1022.18 (ii A.D.); οἱ στραταγοὶ πόσοδον ποέντω shall grant access (to the Three Hundred), IG5(2) l.c. (unless in signf. 11, shall provide revenue), cf. IG12.70.15.
5. sexual intercourse, Hp.Epid.6.3.14 (pl.), Aret.SA2.12 (pl.).
6. visit of a pupil to his master, Plu.2.1044a.
7. f.l. for πρόοδος in Ph.Fr.22H.
II. income, rent, opp. stock or principal, “πρόσοδον μὲν οὐδεμίαν ἀποφαίνων, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων ἀναλίσκων” Lys.32.28, cf. 24.6, SIG251 iii 29 (Delph., iv B.C.); τοῦ ἐργαστηρίου λαβὼν τὴν π. D.27.18, cf. 21: pl., “ἰδίας ἀπὸ τῶν κοινῶν π. κατεσκευάσατο” And.4.11, cf. Aeschin.3.173: generally, returns, profits, Pl.Lg.847a.
2. public revenue, “φόρων π. ἡ ἐπέτειος” Hdt.3.89; “ἡ π. ἐγίνετο ἔκ τε τῆς ἠπείρου καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν μετάλλων” Id.6.46; χρημάτων π. Th.2.97, 3.13: mostly in pl., returns, revenue, “ἀπὸ τούτου [τοῦ κλήρου] τὰς π. ποιήσασθαι” Hdt.2.109; τοῦ τὰς π. μᾶλλον ἰέναι αὐτῷ that they might come in better, Th.1.4; τὰς π. ἀφαιρήσομεν ib.81; “αἱ π. ἀπώλλυντο” Id.7.28; “αἱ π. αἱ ἐξ Ἀμφιπόλεως γιγνόμεναι” Isoc.5.5; “χρημάτων π. ἐκ πολλῶν μὲν λιμένων ἐκ πολλῶν δ᾽ ἐμπορίων” X.HG5.2.16; ὑποθεῖναί τινι τὰς δημοσίας π. mortgage them, Aeschin.3.104; πόροι ἢ περὶ προσόδων, title of work by X.; “ὁ πράκτωρ ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν βασιλικῶν π. τεταγμένος” PPetr.3p.56 (iii B.C.); ἡ ἐν προσόδῳ τῶν τέκνων τοῦ βασιλέως [γῆ] land providing revenue for the king's children, ib.p.237 (iii B.C.); “ἐν προσόδῳ” PTeb.87.1 (ii B.C.); κεχωρισμένη π. ib.60.56, al. (ii B.C.); “τῶν ὄντων ἐν τῇ τῆς Ἁθερνεβενταίγεως προσόδῳ ἀρουρῶν” PGiss.37 ii 3, cf. 14 (ii B.C.); ὡς αἱ π. according to the financial calendar, PEnteux.30.2, al. (iii B.C.), PPetr.3p.8, al. (iii B.C.).