προσπίτνω
προσπίτνω
poet. for προσπίπτω
to fall upon a personʼs neck, τινί Eur.; ἀμφὶ σὰν γενειάδα Eur.
to come in, come upon the scene, Eur.
of things, to fall upon, of arrows, Aesch.; of anger, Eur.
to fall down to or before, supplicate, Soph.; c. dat., προσπίτνομέν σοι Soph.; but more commonly c. acc., Aesch., etc.; προσπίτνω σε γόνασι Soph.:—c. inf., πρ. σε μὴ θανεῖν I beseech thee that I may not die, Soph.
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προσπίτνω
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προσπιτνω
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προσπίτνω
poet. for προσπίπτω
to fall upon a personʼs neck, τινί Eur.; ἀμφὶ σὰν γενειάδα Eur.
to come in, come upon the scene, Eur.
of things, to fall upon, of arrows, Aesch.; of anger, Eur.
to fall down to or before, supplicate, Soph.; c. dat., προσπίτνομέν σοι Soph.; but more commonly c. acc., Aesch., etc.; προσπίτνω σε γόνασι Soph.:—c. inf., πρ. σε μὴ θανεῖν I beseech thee that I may not die, Soph.
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