προσβάλλω Doric προτι-βάλλω fut. -βαλω to strike or dash against, τί τινι Il.; ἀψῖδα πέτρῳ πρ. letting it dash against, Eur.; τὸν πρὶν ὄλβον ἕρματι πρ. to wreck his happiness on a rock, Aesch.; πρ. θηρία τινί to set them on him, Dem.; πρ. δόρυ τινί Eur.:—without any notion of violence, to put to, apply, μαλακὰν χέρα πρ. ἕλκει of a surgeon, Pind.; πρ. παρειὰν παρηίδι Eur.; ὄμματα τέκνοις Eur. to assign to, procure for, κέρδος τινί Hdt.; πρ. Λακεδαιμονίοις Ὀλυμπιάδα to give them the honour of an Olympic victory, Hdt.; πρ. κακὸν τῇ πόλει Aesch.; εὔκλειαν σαυτῇ Soph.; πρ. δεῖμά τινι, Lat. incutere timorem alicui, Eur. with acc. of the object struck, ἀρούρας προσβάλλειν, of the Sun, to strike the earth with his rays, Hom.; of smells, βροτοῦ ὀσμὴ με προσέβαλε Ar. metaph. to attend to a thing or to add, Soph. μή μʼ ἀνάγκῃ προσβάλῃς τάδʼ εἰκαθεῖν do not drive me by force to give way, Soph. intr. to strike against, to make an attack or assault upon, τινί Aesch., etc.; πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος Hdt.:—absol. to attack, charge, Hdt.; προσβαλὼν αἱρεῖ τὴν πόλιν by assault, Xen. to put in with a ship, ἐς τὸν λιμένα Thuc.; πρὸς Τάραντα Thuc.; c. dat., Σικελίᾳ Thuc. Mid. to throw oneself upon, attack, τινα Il.