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προσήκω (written προσjεκ-, i.e. προσἡκ-, IG12.57.15), Dor. ποθήκω GDI2151, al. (Delph.), hyperdor. ποθάκω Diotog. ap. Stob. 4.1.133:—
b. of persons, belong to, be related to (cf. infr. 111.3), τινι E.IT550; Τηρεῖ: . . Τήρης οὗτος οὐδὲν π. Th.2.29; αὐτῇ π. Φειδίας is concerned with her, Ar.Pax616; “προσήκετε ἡμῖν τὰ μέγισταTh.6.84; “π. γένειAr.Ra.698: c. inf., οὐ προσήκομεν κολάζειν τοῖσδε we do not belong to them to punish, i.e. it is not for them to punish us, E.Or. 771 (troch.).
2. impers., it belongs to, concerns, freq. with neg. and gen. rei (with περί c. gen., Phld.Rh.1.202 S.), οὐδέν μοι π. τῆς αἰτίας ταύτης I have nothing to do with . . , Antipho 6.33, cf. X.An.3.1.31, Cyr.8.1.37; “ἐμοὶ οὐδαμόθεν π. τούτου τοῦ πράγματοςAnd.4.34; “οὐδ᾽ ὁτιοῦν π. ἑαυτοῖς οὐδενὸς τῶν ἉγνίουD.43.20, cf. 35.33; so with a question, τί οὖν π. δῆτ᾽ ἐμοὶ Κορινθίων; Ar.Av.969, cf. X.Mem.4.5.10, etc.; προσήκει [τισὶ] οἰκείου τινὸς ἀγαθοῦ they possess a peculiar excellence, Dam.Pr.34.
III. freq. in Part. as Adj.,
4. abs. in neut., οὐ προσῆκον though or since it is not fitting, Th.3.40; “οὐδὲν π . . . ἐπιτάσσεινId.6.82, cf. 84: without a neg., prob. in Hyp.Dem.Fr.10; “ὡς π. αὐτοῖς χρῆσθαιPl.Tht.196e.
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