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προσαναπαύω

προσαναπαύω, cause to rest also; mid. sleep beside, rest upon

προσανα-παύω,
  • cause to rest also or beside, τὴν δύναμιν ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας Plb. 4.73.3; τὴν χεῖρα τῇ γαστρί τινος J. AJ 20.2.1.
    • II Med. or Pass., sleep beside, τῇ γυναικί Nicostr. ap. Stob. 4.23.65.
      • 2 rest by leaning upon, δένδροις Str. 16.4.10; τοῖς θυρεοῖς Plu. Sull. 28; rest upon, Sor. 1.7, 100; of a shipwrecked sailor, cling to a plank, Favorin. in PVat. 11.23.36.
      • 3 of words in a sentence, to be otiose, D.H. Dem. 40.
      • 4 rely on, τεχνίῳ, τέχνῃ, M.Ant. 4.31, S.E. M. 11.178; τινι J. AJ 6.14.3, Marcellin. Puls. 227.
      • 5 find relief in the society of, [φίλῳ] Arr. Epict. 3.13.2; also, find rest in, τῇ σοφίᾳ LXX Wi. 8.16.

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