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προσχώννυμι

προσχώννυμι, to heap up besides

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προσκεχώκασιν perfect active indicative 3rd plural of προσχώννυμι

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προσχώννῡμι (Plb. 9.41.4, J. BJ 5.5.1) and προσχωννύω (Thphr. HP 2.5.5): aor. προσέχωσα Hdt. 2.10, 99: pf. προσκέχωκα D.S. 1.39:— pf. Pass. -κέχωσμαι Thphr. HP 5.8.3, Palaeph. 28: aor. Pass. -εχώσθην Gp. 2.24.2:—also προσχόω, 3 sg. pres. προσχοῖ Th. 2.102:—Pass., impf. προσεχοῦτο ib. 75: part. προσχούμενος Arist. Mete. 351b7; inf. προσχοῦσθαι ib. 353a8:—
  • heap upon, esp. of water, deposit mud, silt, etc.: hence,
      • 1 ταῦτα τὰ χωρία π. form these new lands by deposition, of rivers, Hdt. 2.10: abs., ὁ ποταμὸς προσχοῖ ἀεί continually forms fresh deposits, Th. l.c.:—Pass., to be joined to the land by deposits of rivers, Thphr. HP 5.8.3.
      • 2 choke with mud, silt up, π. τὰς ἀνωμαλίας fill up hollows, level, Plb. l.c., cf. Str. 6.2.10:—Pass., ἡ θάλαττα ἐξηραίνετο προσχουμένη Arist. Mete. 351b7, cf. 353a8.
    • II throw earth upon, J. l.c.; ἵνα αἱ ῥίζαι προσχωσθῶσι Gp. 2.24.2; also, raise mounds against, μέρη τῆς πόλεως Dius ap. J. AJ 8.5.3; form by a dam, τὸν . . ἀγκῶνα τοῦ Νείλου Hdt. 2.99:—Pass., ᾗ προσεχοῦτο where earth was being raised up against it, Th. 2.75.
    • III generally, heap up, in Pass., ὄρος ἐξ οὗ ἡ . . ὕλη -κέχωσται Palaeph. 28.

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