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προσφυής

προσφυής, growing upon

προσ-φῠής, ές,
  • firmly attached by growth, Thphr. CP 1.6.3; λοβοὶ ὤτων προσφυεῖς PPetr. 3 p.25; ὄνυχες π. τῇ σαρκί Adam. 2.4; opp. προσαρτής, χοιράς Antyll. ap. Orib. 45.2.2.
      • 2 fixed or attached to, θρῆνυν . . προσφυέʼ ἐξ αὐτῆς [τῆς κλισίης] Od. 19.58; τοῖς ὀστέοις Diog.Oen. 39: metaph., inseparable from, Epicur. Fr. 200: Comp., more akin to, Pl. Phlb. 64c, 67a. Adv. -ῶς, of kissing, Luc. DMeretr. 3.2.
      • 3 π. τινί attached or devoted to, ἐδωδαῖς καὶ . . ἡδοναῖς Pl. R. 519b.
    • II naturally belonging to, suitable or fitted for a thing, τῶν δικαίων π. καὶ συγγενεῖς Id. Ep. 344a; τοῖς πράγμασι π. λέξις D.H. Th. 5; π. τῷ θεῷ ἄγαλμα Hierocl. in CA 1 p.421 M.: c. inf., οἰκτίσασθαι -έστατος most adapted to move pity, Longin. 34.2. Adv. -ῶς, Ion. -έως, προσφυέως λέγειν speak suitably, ably, Hdt. 1.27, cf. Ph. 2.421, al.

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