A.sit near, wait or watch beside, “πυρᾷ” E.Or.403; π. τινί to be always at his side, keep watch on him, D.34.26; τοῖς πράγμασι, τοῖς καιροῖς, Id.1.18, Plb.38.13.9; [τοῖς ἐφήβοις] προσκαρτερῶν ἐπιμελῶς καὶ -εύων, of a κοσμητής, IG22.1028.84; π. τῷ θεῷ wait upon God, J.AJ3.4.1; attend to, “τοῖς τῆς Ἀσίας πράγμασιν” AJA18.327 (Sardis, i B.C.), cf. CIG2715.18 (Stratonicea); “τῇ θεραπείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ” J.Ap.1.7; “τοῖς ὑπομνήμασι” Plb.12.26d.5, cf. Phld.Rh.2.61 S., al.: abs., Arist.HA568b15, Plb.11.4.2; watch the rise of the Nile, Sammelb. 6597 (iii A.D.), al.; persist in, “ταῖς φιλοπονίαις” Arist.Pol.1338b25; “τῷ πόθῳ” Alex.234; apply oneself, “λίαν” Arist.Pol.1337b16; πρὸς ἴδιον to one's own affairs, ib. 1263a29; “εἰς τὰ μαθήματα” PSI1.94.8 (ii A.D.).
2. besiege, “ταῖς Συρακούσαις” Plb.8.7.11.
3. wait, “προσέδρευσα ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας δύο ἐκδεχόμενός σε” BGU892.5 (ii A.D.); esp. attend at a law-court, “παρεῖναι καὶ π. τῷ βήματι” PAmh.2.81.9 (iii A.D.); attend regularly, serve, as clerk of the court, ib.82.3 (iii/iv A.D.), POxy.59.10 (iii A.D.).
4. to be in seruice, serve, πρὸς τῷ διδασκαλείῳ (as a menial), D.18.258; of an apprentice, “π. τῷ διδασκάλῳ” POxy.725.10 (ii A.D.); of a servant, παραμένειν . . καὶ π. PStrassb.40.31 (vi A.D.).
