προσπίτνω
προσπίτνω, poet. for
προσπίπτω (v.
πίτνω),
II). of things,
fall upon,
ἰοὶ προσπίτνοντες ὤλλυσαν A. Pers. 461 ; of passion,
σοὶ φρενῶν χόλος π.
E. Med. 1266 (lyr.).
III). fall down to or
before, supplicate, abs.,
αἰτοῦ δὲ προσπίτνουσα S. El. 453 : c. dat.,
προσπίτνομέν σοι Id. OC 1754 (anap.): more freq. c. acc.,
A. Pers. 152 (anap.),
E. Ph. 924 ,
Andr. 537 (anap.),
Tr. 762 ;
ἐμὸν γόνυ Id. Supp. 10 ;
μνῆμα Id. Hel. 64 ;
προσπίτνω σε γόνασι S. Ph. 485 ;
γονυπετεῖς ἕδρας π. τινά fall before one in kneeling posture,
E. Ph. 293 (lyr.): c. inf.,
π. σε μὴ θανεῖν I
beseech thee that I may not die,
Id. El. 221 .
ShortDef
to fall upon
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Headword (normalized):
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Headword (normalized/stripped):
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URN:
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">προσπίτνω</span>, poet. for <span class="foreign greek">προσπίπτω</span> (v. <span class="foreign greek">πίτνω</span>), <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fall upon</span> a person\'s neck, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">embrace</span>, <span class="quote greek">τοῖς φιλτάτοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:576" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:576/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 576 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">νεκρῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1205" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1205/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 1205 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀμφὶ γενειάδα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1208" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1208/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 1208 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">come in, come upon the scene</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1429" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1429/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1429 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of things, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fall upon</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἰοὶ προσπίτνοντες ὤλλυσαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:461" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:461/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 461 </a> ; of passion, <span class="foreign greek">σοὶ φρενῶν χόλος π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1266" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1266/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 1266 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fall down to</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">before, supplicate</span>, abs., <span class="quote greek">αἰτοῦ δὲ προσπίτνουσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:453" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:453/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 453 </a> : c. dat., <span class="quote greek">προσπίτνομέν σοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1754" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1754/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1754 </a> (anap.): more freq. c. acc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:152/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 152 </a> (anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:924" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:924/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 924 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:537" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:537/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 537 </a> (anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:762" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:762/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 762 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐμὸν γόνυ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 10 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μνῆμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 64 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">προσπίτνω σε γόνασι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:485" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:485/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 485 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γονυπετεῖς ἕδρας π. τινά</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fall before</span> one in kneeling posture, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:293" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:293/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 293 </a> (lyr.): c. inf., <span class="foreign greek">π. σε μὴ θανεῖν</span> I <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beseech</span> thee that I may not die, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:221" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:221/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 221 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fall upon, attack</span>, <span class="itype greek">τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1115" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1115/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 1115 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}