1. to be placed or laid by or upon, to lie by or upon , οὔατα προσέκειτο handles were upon it, (Iliad by Homer); τῇ θύρᾳ προσκεῖσθαι to keep close to the door, (Aristophanes Comicus); δοκοὶ τῷ τείχει προσκείμεναι lying near the wall, (Thucydides):—; ὁ προσκείμενος ἵππος the inside horse (turning a corner), (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. to lie beside, cling to , (Sophocles Tragicus): of a woman, to be given to wife , τινί (Herdotus Historicus) 3. generally, to be involved in or bound up with good or evil, with dative, (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. to be attached or devoted to , τινί (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; πρ. τῷ λεγομένῳ to put faith in a story, (Herdotus Historicus); πρ. οἴνῳ to be addicted to wine, (Herdotus Historicus); ἄγραις hunting, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc. 5. to press upon, be urgent with a person, with dative, (Herdotus Historicus); προσκείμενος with zeal , (Thucydides) 6. in military sense, to press close or hard, pursue closely , τινί (Thucydides); absolute to follow close , (Aristophanes Comicus); τὸ προσκείμενον the enemy , (Herdotus Historicus) 7. with a thing for the subject, to fall to, belong to , τοῖσι θεῶν τιμὴ αὕτη προσκέαται (Herdotus Historicus); πρ. τινι δοῦλος (Euripides):—; to be laid upon as a charge, to do something, with infinitive, (Herdotus Historicus) 8. to be added or attached to , (Sophocles Tragicus):—;absolute, ἡ χάρις προσκείσεται (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)