προσήκω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • προσἥκω (proshḗkō)Old Attic
  • ποθήκω (pothḗkō)Doric
  • ποθῑ́κω (pothī́kō)Doric, Boeotian
  • ποθᾱ́κω (pothā́kō)Hyperdoric

Etymology

From προσ- (pros-) +‎ ἥκω (hḗkō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

προσήκω • (prosḗkō)

  1. to have arrived at a place, have come, be near at hand, be present
  2. to belong to [with dative]
  3. (also impersonal) to concern [with dative]
  4. to be related [with dative]
  5. (impersonal) to be fitting, to suit [with dative or accusative]
    • 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 66:
      τί τὴν πόλιν, Αἰσχίνη, προσῆκε ποιεῖν ἀρχὴν καὶ τυραννίδα τν Ἑλλήνων ὁρῶσαν ἑαυτῷ κατασκευαζόμενον Φίλλιπον;
      tí tḕn pólin, Aiskhínē, prosêke poieîn arkhḕn kaì turannída tn Hellḗnōn horôsan heautōî kataskeuazómenon Phíllipon?
      What was fitting that the city do, Aeschines, having seen Phillip establish his rule and tyranny over the Greeks?

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