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προσοικοδομέω

προσοικοδομέω, to build besides

προσοικο-δομέω,
  • build besides, π. [τεῖχος] build another wall, v.l. for ἐσοικ- in Th. 2.76; οἰκίαν PCair.Zen. 642.3 (iii B.C.); τῷ μὲν ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ [βωμῷ] προσοικοδομήσας . . μεῖζον μῆκος having built an additional length to the altar in the agora, i.e. having added to its length, Th. 6.54:— Pass., D.H. 1.79; φρούρια π. τῷ τείχει J. BJ 5.12.2.
      • 2 metaph., ἄλλο τε εἶδος . . προσῳκοδόμουν τὸ θνητόν they also framed, Pl. Ti. 69c; τὸ κακῶς -οικοδομημένον ἐν τῇ σαρκί Arist. Pr. 866b17, cf. Thphr. Sud. 30; πάθη μεγάλα τῇ λύπῃ π. Plu. Superst. 2.168a.

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