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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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to fall upon

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Headword:

προσπίτνω

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προσπίτνω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

προσπιτνω

IDX:

28285

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n28318

Key:

prospi/tnw

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