προσφέρω
Infl. doric ποτι-φέρω
Infl. fut. προσοίσω
Infl. ionic aor. pass. -ενείχθην
I. "to bring to or upon, apply to", Lat. applicare, Hdt., Eur., etc.; but, πρ. χεῖρά τινι "to lay" hands "upon" one, Pind.; also "to offer" one's hand, as a friend, Xen.:—without dat. "to apply, exhibit, employ, use", βίην Hdt.; πρ. τόλμαν "to bring" it "to bear", Pind.: also, πρ. πόλεμον Hdt.
2. "to add", τί τινι Soph., Eur.; τι πρός τι Hdt.
3. "to present, offer, give", λουτρὰ πατρί Soph.; δῶρα Thuc.; θυσίας NTest.
b. esp. of meat and drink, "to offer, to set before" one, Xen.; πρ. τινὶ ἐμπιεῖν καὶ φαγεῖν id=Xen.
4. "to bring forward, quote, cite", Pind.
5. "to bring forward" proposals, "make an offer", πρ. λόγον or λόγους τινι Hdt., Thuc.: absol., πρ. περὶ ὁμολογίας Hdt., Thuc.
II. "to contribute, bring in, yield", ἑκατὸν τάλαντα Hdt., etc.
III. "to bring" one thing "near" another, "make" it "like", πρ. νόον ἀθανάτοις Pind.
B. Pass., with fut. mid. προσοίσομαι, "to be borne towards", of ships, "to put in", Xen.
2. "to go against, attack, assault", τινι or πρός τινα Hdt., etc.; absol. "to rush on, make an onset", id=Hdt.; προσφέρεσθαι ἄποροι difficult "to engage", id=Hdt.
3. simply, "to go to or towards", ἐκ τοῦ Ἰκαρίου πελάγεος προσφερόμενοι "sailing", id=Hdt.
4. "to deal with, behave oneself" in a certain way "towards" one, id=Hdt., Thuc.;— προσφέρεσθαι πρὸς λόγον "to answer" it, Xen.
5. προσφέρεσθαί τινι "to come near" one, "be like" him, Hdt.
II. προσφέρεσθαί τινι "to be put or imposed upon" one, τὰ προσφερόμενα πρήγματα id=Hdt.
C. Mid., προσφέρεσθαί τι "to take to oneself as meat or drink", Xen.:—Pass., τὰ προσφερόμενα "meat or drink, food", id=Xen.
2. "to exhibit", φιλοτιμίαν ὑμῖν NTest.
3. "to apply or cause to be applied", Polyb.