Προσέκοψεν

bumped up against

Translated by William Hutton19 Aug 2013Vetting: high4 revisions

9 words

Meaning [he/she/it] stumbled against. Alexis [sc. uses the word].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προσέκοψεν· ἀντὶ τοῦ προσέπταισεν. Ἄλεξις.

Betacode

*prose/koyen: a)nti\ tou= prose/ptaisen. *)/alecis.

Notes

= Photius, Lexicon pi1312 Theodoridis. The Alexis in question is the comic playwright (fr. 81 Kock and K.-A.). The "Anonymous Anti-Atticist" of the Lexica Segueriana (Anecdota Graeca 1.112 Bekker) adds that the title of the play in question is The Letter.
For the verb prosko/ptw see also pi 2631.

Linked from1 entry

π2631Προσέκοψε τῷ ἀνθρώπῳbumped up against the fellowMeaning [he/she/it] was alienated [sc. by him]. So Posidippus [uses the word].

Neighbouring entries

π2628Πρόσεδροςadjacent π2629Προσέκειτοwas devoted to π2630Προσέκοψενbumped up against π2631Προσέκοψε τῷ ἀνθρώπῳbumped up against the fellow π2632Προσεκτικώταταmost assiduously, very assiduously

Revision history4 revisions · last 23 Nov 2021

23 Nov 2021tweaked note — Catharine Roth
24 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
17 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
20 Aug 2013x-ref; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
19 Aug 2013Translated — William Hutton