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προσέχω

προσέχω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • προσίσχω (prosískhō)
  • ποτέχω (potékhō) Doric
  • ποέχω (poékhō) Cypriot

Verb

προσέχω (prosékhō)

  1. I hold to, offer, I bring to
    1. I bring a ship near a place, bring it to port, I put in, touch at a place, (absolute) I land
    2. I turn to or towards a thing, I turn my mind, thoughts, attention to a thing
    3. I give heed to myself, I am on my guard against
      1. I devote myself to a thing
      2. (with infinitive) I expect to do
      3. I continue
        • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν 11.7
    4. (middle voice) I attach myself to a thing, cling or cleave to it
      1. (figuratively) I devote myself to the service of any one
    5. (passive) I am held fast by a thing, attached to it
  2. I have besides or in addition

Inflection

Derived terms

  • πᾰρᾰπροσέχω (paraprosékhō)

Related terms

  • πρόσεξῐς (prósexis)
  • προσεκτέον (prosektéon)
  • προσεκτῐκός (prosektikós)
  • προσέχειᾰ (prosékheia)
  • προσεχόντως (prosekhóntōs)
  • προσοχή (prosokhḗ)
  • πρόσοχος (prósokhos)
  • προσσχεδιάζω (prosskhediázō)
  • προσσχητέον (prosskhētéon)

References


Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Verb

προσέχω (prosécho) (simple past πρόσεξα, passive form προσέχομαι)

  1. watch, observe

Conjugation