προσέχω and προσ-ίσχω fut. ξω aor2 προσέσχον to hold to, offer, Aesch.: to bring to, τὴν ἀσπίδα προσίσχειν πρὸς τὸ δάπεδον Hdt. πρ. ναῦν to bring a ship near a place, bring it to port, Hdt.; Μαλέᾳ προσίσχων πρῷραν Eur.; τίς σε προσέσχε χρεία; what need brought thee to land here? Soph.; alone, to put in, touch at a place, προσσχεῖν ἐς τὴν Σάμον, πρὸς τὰς νήσους Hdt.;—also c. dat. loci, πρ. τῇ νήσῳ, etc., Hdt.; also c. acc. loci, προσέσχες τήνδε γῆν Soph.:— absol. to land, Hdt., etc. to turn to or towards a thing, πρ. ὄμμα Eur.; πρ. τὸν νοῦν to turn oneʼs mind to a thing, be intent on it, Lat. animadvertere, τινί or πρός τινι Ar., etc.; πρ. τὸν νοῦν πρός τινι Ar.:—absol., πρόσεχε τὸν νοῦν take heed, Ar.; so, πρ. τὴν γνώμην Thuc. without τὸν νοῦν, πρ. ἑαυτῷ to give heed to oneself, Ar., Xen.; πρ. ἑαυτοῖς ἀπό τινος to be on oneʼs guard against, NTest.:—absol., προσέχων ἀκουσάτω attentively, Dem. to devote oneself to a thing, Lat. totus esse in illo, c. dat., Hdt., Thuc., etc. c. inf. to expect to do, Hdt. Mid. to attach oneself to a thing, cleave to it, c. dat., Hdt., Ar. Pass. to be held fast by a thing, ὑπό τινος Eur.:—metaph. to be implicated in a thing, c. dat., Thuc. to have besides or in addition, Plat., Dem.