προσκυνέω
Infl. fut. -ήσω
Infl. aor1 -εκύνησα
Infl. poet. -έκυ^σα
Infl. imperat. πρόσκυσον
Infl. inf. -κύσαι
Infl. part. -κύσας
Infl. perf. -κεκύνηκα
1. Plut.:— "to make obeisance" to the gods, "fall down and worship, to worship, adore", c. acc., Hdt., Aesch., etc.:—proverb., οἱ προσκυνοῦντες τὴν Ἀδράστειαν σοφοί, of deprecating the wrath of Nemesis, Aesch.; so, τὸν φθόνον δὲ πρόσκυσον Soph.:—also of sacred places, "to do reverence to", ἕδη θεῶν id=Soph.; τὴν γῆν Ar.
2. of the Oriental fashion of "making the salam or prostrating oneself before" kings and superiors, absol., Hdt.; c. acc., πρ. τὸν Δαρεῖον ὡς βασιλέα "to make obeisance" "to him as king", id=Hdt.; πάντες σε προσκυνοῦμεν Soph., etc.:—later, c. dat., NTest.