προσέχω
Infl. and προσ-ίσχω
Infl. fut. ξω
Infl. aor2 προσέσχον
I. "to hold to, offer", Aesch.: "to bring to", τὴν ἀσπίδα προσίσχειν πρὸς τὸ δάπεδον Hdt.
2. πρ. ναῦν "to bring" a ship "near" a place, "bring" it "to port", Hdt.; Μαλέᾳ προσίσχων πρῷραν Eur.; τίς σε προσέσχε χρεία; what need "brought" thee "to land here?" Soph.; alone, "to put in, touch at" a place, προσσχεῖν ἐς τὴν Σάμον, πρὸς τὰς νήσους Hdt.;—also c. dat. loci, πρ. τῇ νήσῳ, etc., id=Hdt.; also c. acc. loci, προσέσχες τήνδε γῆν Soph.:— absol. "to land", Hdt., etc.
3. "to turn to or towards" a thing, πρ. ὄμμα Eur.; πρ. τὸν νοῦν "to turn one's mind to" a thing, "be intent on" it, Lat. animadvertere, τινί or πρός τινι Ar., etc.; πρ. τὸν νοῦν πρός τινι id=Ar.:—absol., πρόσεχε τὸν νοῦν "take heed", id=Ar.; so, πρ. τὴν γνώμην Thuc.
4. without τὸν νοῦν, πρ. ἑαυτῷ "to give heed to" oneself, Ar., Xen.; πρ. ἑαυτοῖς ἀπό τινος "to be on one's guard" against, NTest.:—absol., προσέχων ἀκουσάτω "attentively", Dem.
b. "to devote oneself to" a thing, Lat. totus esse in illo, c. dat., Hdt., Thuc., etc.
c. c. inf. "to expect" to do, Hdt.
5. Mid. "to attach oneself to" a thing, "cleave to" it, c. dat., id=Hdt., Ar.
6. Pass. "to be held fast by" a thing, ὑπό τινος Eur.:—metaph. "to be implicated in" a thing, c. dat., Thuc.
II. "to have besides or in addition", Plat., Dem.