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προσμένω

προσμένω, to bide

προσμένω, Dor. ποτι- SIG 615.7 (Delph., ii B.C.):—
  • bide, wait, χρόνον πολλόν Hdt. 1.199, cf. 5.19; σῖγʼ ἔχουσα πρόσμενε S. El. 1236, cf. 1399; ἡσυχάζων π. Id. OT 620; π. χρόνον ὀλίγον ἔστʼ ἂν . ., π. ἕως . ., Hdt. 8.4, X. HG 2.4.7.
      • 2 c. dat., remain attached to, cleave to, πάθεα π. τοκεῦσιν A. Eu. 497 (lyr.); τῷ Κυρίῳ Act.Ap. 11.23; π. ταῖς δεήσεσιν continue in . ., 1 Ep.Ti. 5.5; ταῖς ἑαυτῶν ἀγωγαῖς Gal. 15.436.
    • II trans., wait for, await, c. acc., Thgn. 1144, S. OT 837, El. 164 (lyr.), etc.; face in battle, stand oneʼs ground against, δορίκτυπον ἀλαλάν Pi. N. 3.60: c. acc. et inf. fut., Ὀρέστην τῶνδε προσμένουσʼ ἀεὶ παυστῆρʼ ἐφήξειν S. El. 303.

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