Strong G4317προσάγω
to bring near
- Transliteration
- prosagō
- Pronunciation
- pros-ag'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προσ-άγω
[in LXX chiefly for = קָרַב hi., also for נָגַשׁ etc.;]
1. trans., to bring or lead: with accusative and dative, Act.16:20; metaphorically, τ. θεῷ, 1Pe.3:18; before ὧδε, Luk.9:41; pass., with dative, Mat.18:24 (προσηνέχθη, T); in forensic sense, to summon: Act.12:6 (προαγαγεῖν, T, WH, mg., R).
2. Intrans., to draw near, approach (Jos.3:9, Jer.26:3 (Jer.46:3), al.): with dative, Act.27:27 (WH, προσαχεῖν).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for = קָרַב hi., also for נָגַשׁ etc.;]
1. trans., to bring or lead: with accusative and dative, Act.16:20; metaphorically, τ. θεῷ, 1Pe.3:18; before ὧδε, Luk.9:41; pass., with dative, Mat.18:24 (προσηνέχθη, T); in forensic sense, to summon: Act.12:6 (προαγαγεῖν, T, WH, mg., R).
2. Intrans., to draw near, approach (Jos.3:9, Jer.26:3 (Jer.46:3), al.): with dative, Act.27:27 (WH, προσαχεῖν).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4317 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bring3
- draw1
First verses
- Luke 9:41And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
- Acts 16:20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
- Acts 27:27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
προσάγω [ᾰ],
aorist 2 προσήγᾰγον: for aorist 1 προσῆξα see below [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.3 near the end:)]future middle (in passive sense), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.115)]: once ποσάγω (which see):— bring to or upon, τίς δαίμων τόδε πῆμα προσήγαγ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.446, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 993 (Lyric poetry); π. δῶρά τινι “hymnus ad Apollinem” 272; ἄστει κόσμον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).69; θυσίας τινί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.24; βοσκήματα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 762; τῳ θεῶν ὕμνους ἢ χορείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 799b; ἱερεῖα τοῖς βωμοῖς 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.27; ποταγόντω.. τὰ ἱερεῖα.. ποτὶ τὸν βωμόν “SIG” 1010 (from Chalcedon))]; π. πάντα ἱκανά furnish, supply, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.5)]; ἁρμαμάξας[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 4.3.1; λίθους “PCair.Zen.” 34.13 (3rd c.BC).)]
2 put to, add, ἅμα ἠγόρευε καὶ ἔργον προσῆγε (variant{προῆγεν}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.92)]; of exercises and food, ἐξ ὀλίγου π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Insomn.” 89; compare προσαγωγή 11.5.)]
3 bring to, move towards, apply, τὴν ἄνω γνάθον π. τῇ κάτω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.68)]; μὴ π. τὴν χεῖρά μοι lay it not on me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 893)]; π. κεγχρώμασιν ὀφθαλμόν apply it closely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1386; π. τὴν ῥῖνά τινι 4th c.BC: Diodorus Comicus 2.39; πρὸς τὸ στόμα τὰς χεῖρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 587a27)]: especially of medical applications, ἤπια [ἰήματα] μετὰ τὰ ἰσχυρά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130; προσαχθέντος φαρμάκου 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 46.1.125: _metaphorically_, [παιδιὰς] π. φαρμακείας χάριν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1337b41; παρρησίαν καὶ δηγμὸν ἀνθρώπῳ δυστυχοῦντι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.69a.)]
4 of meats, etc., set before, βρώματά τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.4, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.126a, etc.)]
5 metaphorically, π. ὅρκους σφι put oaths to them, make them take oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.74.)]
6 in military sense, bring up for the attack, move on towards, π. πύλαις λόχον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1104; τῇ Ποτειδαίᾳ τὸν στρατόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.64; τὸ στράτευμα ἀντίπρῳρον π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.23; [στρατιὰν] π. πρὸς πολεμίους [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.43)]; see[Refs 5th c.BC+ (below 11: so also π. μηχανὰς πόλει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.27, etc.)]; μηχανῆς μελλούσης προσάξεσθαι (in passive sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.115)]; π. βίαν τοῖς τείχεσι, τῇ πόλει, etc., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.32, 12.46, etc.)]
7 metaphorically, π. βίαν τοῖς πολεμίοις [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 15.68, compare “PTeb.” 61 (b). 33 (2nd c.BC, _passive_))], etc.; τὰς ἀνάγκας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99; συκοφαντίαν π. τοῖς πράγμασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.98)]; δεινὰν π. τόλμαν apply or put forth daring, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 859 (Lyric poetry))]; γράψας.. τίνα οἰκονομίαν προσαγήγοχας what steps you have taken, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 240.10 (3rd c.BC))]; πολλῶν φόβων προσαγομένων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.23; π. ἡδονάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 798e.)]
8 bring to or before, τῷ Κύρῳ τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.12, compare “HG” 3.4.8, etc.)]; bring in, bring with one, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.16)]; introduce, πρὸς τὸν δῆμον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.61; πρὸς τὴν βουλήν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.111, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.29)]; π. τοὺς πρέσβεις (i. e. before the assembly) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.28, compare 213; πρεσβείαν ἐλθοῦσαν π. πρὸς βουλὴν καὶ δῆμον “IG” 12.39.12)]; introduce at court, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.8)]; bring a person into a law-court as defendant or as witness, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHal.” 8.5 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
8.b introduce in writing, λόγῳ π. ὅτι.. introduce the statement.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 304a13; π. [ἡλικίαν] πρὸς μάθησιν [prev. author] “Pol.” 1336a24; [παιδάριον] π. πρὸς τὰ μαθήματα “PSI” 4.340.24 (3rd c.BC))]; τὰ λοιπὰ μυθικῶς προσῆκται have been introduced, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1074b4.)]
9 bring hither, lead on, τίς [σε] προσήγαγεν χρεί; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 236; ἐλπίς μ᾽ ἀεὶ προσῆγε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 27)]:—passive, οἴκτῳ καὶ ἐπιεικείᾳ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.48; βίᾳ [prev. work] 95)]; ἄκοντες π. ὑπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 63, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.7.)]
10 passive, to be brought over, attached to the cause of, with dative, εἴ πως σφίσιν προσαχθείη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.77: _absolutely_, προσήγεσθε ὑπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων [prev. author] 3.63; compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.)]
11 increase a rent or other charge, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 72.187 (_passive_), 200 (2nd c.BC); προσηγμένων τοῖς ἀπαιτησίμοις [prev. work]217; ᾧ προσάγω ὑπὲρ ἐπιθέματος ἄλλας δραχμὰς ἑξήκοντα “PRyl.” 99.7 (3rd c.AD).)]
12 ={προσαγγέλλω}, announce, report, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 60.69 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
13 debit a person with an amount, charge it to him, συνέβη ναῦλον ἡμῖν προσάγεσθαι τοῦ πλοίου [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 368.28, compare 326.16 (3rd c.BC).)]
II seemingly intransitive (i.e. ἑαυτόν, στρατόν, etc.), draw near, approach, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.22; πρός τινας LXX.1Ki.18.21)]; especially in a hostile sense, advance against, attack, π. πρὸς τὸ κέρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.9, etc.; κώμῃ τινί 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.4; δι᾽ ἀπάτης τοῖς βασιλεῦσι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.800a; ἐγγυτέρω ταῖς ἐλπίσιν [prev. author] “Galb.” 9)]; τοῖς τετταράκοντα [ἔτεσι] [Refs ([prev. author] “Pomp.” 46)]; πόταγε (Doric dialect for πρόσαγε) come on! [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.62, 15.78)]; μαλακῶς π. [γυναικί] make advances to a woman in an effeminate manner, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.240e)]; of Time, τῆς προσαγούσης τρύγης the approaching vintage, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Sammelb.” 5810.16 (4th c.AD).)]
II.2 (i.e. ναῦν) bring to, come to land, τόποις [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.54.5, etc.; Ῥόδῳ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 2.1.4 codices)]
II.3 δυσχερῶς προσῆγον πρὸς τὰς εἰσφοράς uncertain reading in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.30.5 (πως εἶχον πρὸς Hultsch): ὅσων προσῆξαν)] is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.97 (ὅσωνπερ ἦρξαν Dobree).)]
B middle, bring or draw to oneself, attach to oneself, bring over to one's side, σοφίῃ αὐτούς, οὐκ ἀγνωμοσύνῃ προσηγάγετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.172; ἀνάγκῃ προσάγεσθαί τινα [prev. author] 6.25, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99; τἀρετῇ π. πόσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 226; ἀπάτῃ π. τὸ πλῆθος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.43; χρήμασι καὶ δωρεαῖς τὸν δῆμον προσάγεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 695d; τῷ ποιεῖν εὖ π. τὰς πόλεις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.80; θεραπείαις [prev. author] 3.22; so [ἵππον] ἠρεμαίως π. τῷ χαλινῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 9.5; συμμάχους καὶ βοηθοὺς π. [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.4.9; τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων ξυμμαχίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.82)]; πάντων π. ὄμματα draw all eyes upon oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.9.)]
B.2 absolutely, draw to oneself, embrace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 141, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 439b; ἥ γ᾽ ἐμὴν γενειάδα προσήγετ᾽ ἀεὶ στόματι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1100.)]
B.3 with infinitive, ἡ Σφὶγξ τὸ πρὸς ποσὶ σκοπεῖν.. ἡμᾶς.. προσήγετο put us upon considering, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 131)]; προσάξομαι δάμαρτ᾽ ἐᾶν σε.. will induce her to suffer thee.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 659.)]
B.II take to oneself, take up, ὀστᾶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Supp.” 949; τὰ ναυάγια 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.106.)]
B.II.2 get for oneself, procure, import, ὧν δεῖται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 1.7)]; τὰ προσαχθέντα imports, [Refs ([prev. work] 4.18.)]
B.II.3 αἷς [ταῖς προβοσκίσι] π. εἰς τὸ στόμα τὴν τροφήν with which they bring it to their mouths, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 523b31, compare 526a28, “PA” 685b10.)]
B.II.4 μηδὲ προσάγου τῷ πράγματι χειμῶνας ἑτέρους do not add further troubles, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 187)]; π. τὸν χρόνον καὶ τὸν πόνον employ it for one's own advantage, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 29.17.4.)]
B.II.5 μάρτυρα π. cite as witness, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1049b.)]
aorist 2 προσήγᾰγον: for aorist 1 προσῆξα see below [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.3 near the end:)]future middle (in passive sense), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.115)]: once ποσάγω (which see):— bring to or upon, τίς δαίμων τόδε πῆμα προσήγαγ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.446, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 993 (Lyric poetry); π. δῶρά τινι “hymnus ad Apollinem” 272; ἄστει κόσμον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).69; θυσίας τινί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.24; βοσκήματα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 762; τῳ θεῶν ὕμνους ἢ χορείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 799b; ἱερεῖα τοῖς βωμοῖς 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.27; ποταγόντω.. τὰ ἱερεῖα.. ποτὶ τὸν βωμόν “SIG” 1010 (from Chalcedon))]; π. πάντα ἱκανά furnish, supply, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.5)]; ἁρμαμάξας[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 4.3.1; λίθους “PCair.Zen.” 34.13 (3rd c.BC).)]
2 put to, add, ἅμα ἠγόρευε καὶ ἔργον προσῆγε (variant{προῆγεν}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.92)]; of exercises and food, ἐξ ὀλίγου π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Insomn.” 89; compare προσαγωγή 11.5.)]
3 bring to, move towards, apply, τὴν ἄνω γνάθον π. τῇ κάτω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.68)]; μὴ π. τὴν χεῖρά μοι lay it not on me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 893)]; π. κεγχρώμασιν ὀφθαλμόν apply it closely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1386; π. τὴν ῥῖνά τινι 4th c.BC: Diodorus Comicus 2.39; πρὸς τὸ στόμα τὰς χεῖρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 587a27)]: especially of medical applications, ἤπια [ἰήματα] μετὰ τὰ ἰσχυρά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130; προσαχθέντος φαρμάκου 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 46.1.125: _metaphorically_, [παιδιὰς] π. φαρμακείας χάριν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1337b41; παρρησίαν καὶ δηγμὸν ἀνθρώπῳ δυστυχοῦντι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.69a.)]
4 of meats, etc., set before, βρώματά τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.4, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.126a, etc.)]
5 metaphorically, π. ὅρκους σφι put oaths to them, make them take oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.74.)]
6 in military sense, bring up for the attack, move on towards, π. πύλαις λόχον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1104; τῇ Ποτειδαίᾳ τὸν στρατόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.64; τὸ στράτευμα ἀντίπρῳρον π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.23; [στρατιὰν] π. πρὸς πολεμίους [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.43)]; see[Refs 5th c.BC+ (below 11: so also π. μηχανὰς πόλει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.27, etc.)]; μηχανῆς μελλούσης προσάξεσθαι (in passive sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.115)]; π. βίαν τοῖς τείχεσι, τῇ πόλει, etc., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.32, 12.46, etc.)]
7 metaphorically, π. βίαν τοῖς πολεμίοις [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 15.68, compare “PTeb.” 61 (b). 33 (2nd c.BC, _passive_))], etc.; τὰς ἀνάγκας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99; συκοφαντίαν π. τοῖς πράγμασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.98)]; δεινὰν π. τόλμαν apply or put forth daring, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 859 (Lyric poetry))]; γράψας.. τίνα οἰκονομίαν προσαγήγοχας what steps you have taken, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 240.10 (3rd c.BC))]; πολλῶν φόβων προσαγομένων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.23; π. ἡδονάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 798e.)]
8 bring to or before, τῷ Κύρῳ τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.12, compare “HG” 3.4.8, etc.)]; bring in, bring with one, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.16)]; introduce, πρὸς τὸν δῆμον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.61; πρὸς τὴν βουλήν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.111, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.29)]; π. τοὺς πρέσβεις (i. e. before the assembly) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.28, compare 213; πρεσβείαν ἐλθοῦσαν π. πρὸς βουλὴν καὶ δῆμον “IG” 12.39.12)]; introduce at court, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.8)]; bring a person into a law-court as defendant or as witness, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHal.” 8.5 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
8.b introduce in writing, λόγῳ π. ὅτι.. introduce the statement.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 304a13; π. [ἡλικίαν] πρὸς μάθησιν [prev. author] “Pol.” 1336a24; [παιδάριον] π. πρὸς τὰ μαθήματα “PSI” 4.340.24 (3rd c.BC))]; τὰ λοιπὰ μυθικῶς προσῆκται have been introduced, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1074b4.)]
9 bring hither, lead on, τίς [σε] προσήγαγεν χρεί; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 236; ἐλπίς μ᾽ ἀεὶ προσῆγε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 27)]:—passive, οἴκτῳ καὶ ἐπιεικείᾳ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.48; βίᾳ [prev. work] 95)]; ἄκοντες π. ὑπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 63, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.7.)]
10 passive, to be brought over, attached to the cause of, with dative, εἴ πως σφίσιν προσαχθείη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.77: _absolutely_, προσήγεσθε ὑπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων [prev. author] 3.63; compare 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.)]
11 increase a rent or other charge, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 72.187 (_passive_), 200 (2nd c.BC); προσηγμένων τοῖς ἀπαιτησίμοις [prev. work]217; ᾧ προσάγω ὑπὲρ ἐπιθέματος ἄλλας δραχμὰς ἑξήκοντα “PRyl.” 99.7 (3rd c.AD).)]
12 ={προσαγγέλλω}, announce, report, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 60.69 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
13 debit a person with an amount, charge it to him, συνέβη ναῦλον ἡμῖν προσάγεσθαι τοῦ πλοίου [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 368.28, compare 326.16 (3rd c.BC).)]
II seemingly intransitive (i.e. ἑαυτόν, στρατόν, etc.), draw near, approach, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.22; πρός τινας LXX.1Ki.18.21)]; especially in a hostile sense, advance against, attack, π. πρὸς τὸ κέρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.9, etc.; κώμῃ τινί 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.4; δι᾽ ἀπάτης τοῖς βασιλεῦσι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.800a; ἐγγυτέρω ταῖς ἐλπίσιν [prev. author] “Galb.” 9)]; τοῖς τετταράκοντα [ἔτεσι] [Refs ([prev. author] “Pomp.” 46)]; πόταγε (Doric dialect for πρόσαγε) come on! [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.62, 15.78)]; μαλακῶς π. [γυναικί] make advances to a woman in an effeminate manner, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.240e)]; of Time, τῆς προσαγούσης τρύγης the approaching vintage, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Sammelb.” 5810.16 (4th c.AD).)]
II.2 (i.e. ναῦν) bring to, come to land, τόποις [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.54.5, etc.; Ῥόδῳ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 2.1.4 codices)]
II.3 δυσχερῶς προσῆγον πρὸς τὰς εἰσφοράς uncertain reading in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.30.5 (πως εἶχον πρὸς Hultsch): ὅσων προσῆξαν)] is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.97 (ὅσωνπερ ἦρξαν Dobree).)]
B middle, bring or draw to oneself, attach to oneself, bring over to one's side, σοφίῃ αὐτούς, οὐκ ἀγνωμοσύνῃ προσηγάγετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.172; ἀνάγκῃ προσάγεσθαί τινα [prev. author] 6.25, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99; τἀρετῇ π. πόσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 226; ἀπάτῃ π. τὸ πλῆθος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.43; χρήμασι καὶ δωρεαῖς τὸν δῆμον προσάγεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 695d; τῷ ποιεῖν εὖ π. τὰς πόλεις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.80; θεραπείαις [prev. author] 3.22; so [ἵππον] ἠρεμαίως π. τῷ χαλινῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 9.5; συμμάχους καὶ βοηθοὺς π. [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.4.9; τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων ξυμμαχίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.82)]; πάντων π. ὄμματα draw all eyes upon oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.9.)]
B.2 absolutely, draw to oneself, embrace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 141, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 439b; ἥ γ᾽ ἐμὴν γενειάδα προσήγετ᾽ ἀεὶ στόματι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1100.)]
B.3 with infinitive, ἡ Σφὶγξ τὸ πρὸς ποσὶ σκοπεῖν.. ἡμᾶς.. προσήγετο put us upon considering, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 131)]; προσάξομαι δάμαρτ᾽ ἐᾶν σε.. will induce her to suffer thee.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 659.)]
B.II take to oneself, take up, ὀστᾶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Supp.” 949; τὰ ναυάγια 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.106.)]
B.II.2 get for oneself, procure, import, ὧν δεῖται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 1.7)]; τὰ προσαχθέντα imports, [Refs ([prev. work] 4.18.)]
B.II.3 αἷς [ταῖς προβοσκίσι] π. εἰς τὸ στόμα τὴν τροφήν with which they bring it to their mouths, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 523b31, compare 526a28, “PA” 685b10.)]
B.II.4 μηδὲ προσάγου τῷ πράγματι χειμῶνας ἑτέρους do not add further troubles, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 187)]; π. τὸν χρόνον καὶ τὸν πόνον employ it for one's own advantage, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 29.17.4.)]
B.II.5 μάρτυρα π. cite as witness, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1049b.)]