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προσεδρεία

προσεδρεία, a sitting by

προσεδρ-εία, or προσ-εδρία (required by metre in E. Or. 93 and found in Pap. of Phld. (v. infr.), but -εία PTeb. (v. infr.)), ἡ,
  • sitting by or near: esp.,
      • 1 besieging, blockade, Th. 1.126, D.C. 36.51.
      • 2 close attention to a thing, assiduity, PTeb. 24.39 (ii B.C.), Phld. Rh. 1.232 S., Longin. ap. Porph. Plot. 19, Iamb. Protr. 6; esp. sitting by a sick-bed, E. Or. 93, 304; αἱ τῶν τέκνων π. attentions paid by them, Hierocl. p.58 A.

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