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προσβάλλω (prosballō) to strike up ^G:V

προσβάλλω,

Epic dialect προτιβάλλω, Doric dialect ποτι-, strike, dash against, ποτὶ σκῆπτρον βάλε γαίῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἁψῖδα πέτρῳ π. letting it dash against.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν πρὶν ὄλβον ἕρματι π. having wrecked his happiness on a reef, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τινὰς ὥσπερ θηρία τινί set them on him, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of attacking, πύλαισι.. π. λόχον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but frequently without any notion of violence, apply, μαλακὰν χέρα π. [ἕλκει], of a surgeon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of cupping instruments, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προσβαλοῦσ᾽ ὅσα.. εἶπε applying, carrying out.. ,[Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, κέρασι χρυσᾶ στόμια προσβεβλημένοις having golden mouthpieces affixed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__b in Mathematics texts, draw a straight line to meet, ποτί with accusative, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 assign to, procure for, κέρδος ἡμῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [Λακεδαιμονίοισι] Ὀλυμπιάδα gave them the honour of an Olympic victory, [Refs]; π. ἄσην τῷ πατρί cause him distress, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τινὶ ἔγκλημα, αἰτίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. δεῖμα πατρί, Latin incutere timorem alicui, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκον π. τινί lay an oath upon him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὴν ἑαυτῶν μορφήν τισι contribute their own form, i.e. be like them, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2.b knock down to a bidder at auction, οἰκίαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2.c place at a buyer's disposal, αὐτῷ ἱερεῖα [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —middle, προσεβαλόμεθα τὰ παρ᾽ ἡμῶν we accepted an offer for our crop.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2.d deliver corn as payment, προσβέβληκεν ἐπὶ θησαυρὸν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; pay in money, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 with accusative of the object struck, ἀρούρας π., of the Sun, strike the earth with his rays, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of smells, βροτοῦ [ὀσμὴ] με προσέβαλε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρῶμα οὔτε τὸ προσβάλλον οὔτε τὸ προσβαλλόμενον neither that which strikes [the eye] nor that which is struck, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἄνδρας ἠχὼ π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 with accusative of the thing thrown, ἀτμὸν βαρὺν π. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of taste, γευσαμένῳ ὅμοιόν τι μήλῳ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+]. sends [a smell] of fish, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; κνίσης π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: metaphorically, to be redolent of, τέχνης, Στωικῆς ταλαιπωρίας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 with dative, attend to, οἷς εἴπαμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 μή μ᾽ ἀνάγκῃ προσβάλῃς τάδ᾽ εἰκαθεῖν do not drive me by force to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 add, throw into the bargain, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; add an ingredient, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__8 throw to, δράγματα.. ὑικοῖς κτήνεσι [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II intransitive, strike against, make an attack or assault upon, πύλαις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αὐτοῖς, ἀλλήλοις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ Οἰνόῃ, τῷ φρουρίῳ, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, attack, charge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προσβαλὼν αἱρεῖ τὴν πόλιν by assault, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 put in with a ship, ἐς τὸν λιμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 generally, collide, προσβαλούσης τῆς νεὼς πρὸς ὁλκάδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; impinge, πρὸς ὄψιν ἢ πρὸς ἀκοήν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of winds, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σεισμὸς τῇ Κρήτῃ π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; π. τοῖς ἄρχουσιν approach them, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; light upon, in argument, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B middle, ταύτην οὔτ᾽ ἔπεϊ προτιβάλλεαι, οὔτε τι ἔργῳ payest no heed to, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also, throw oneself upon another's protection, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; π. γυναικὶ περὶ ἀφροδίτης make advances, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; associate with oneself, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]