προσχώννυμι

A. προσέχωσα Hdt. 2.10,99: pf. προσκέχωκα D.S. 1.39:—pf. Pass. ‐κέχωσμαι Thphr. HP 5.8.3, Palaeph. 28: aor. Pass. ‐εχώσθην Gp. 2.24.2:—also προσχόω, 3 sg. pres. προσχοῖ Th. 2.102:—Pass., impf. προσεχοῦτο ib.75: part. προσχούμενος Arist. Mete. 351b7; inf. προσχοῦσθαι ib. 353a8:—heap upon, esp. of water, deposit mud, silt, etc.: hence,

1. ταῦτα τὰ χωρία π. form these new lands by deposition, of rivers, Hdt. 2.10: abs., ὁ ποταμὸς προσχοῖ ἀεί continually forms fresh deposits, Th. l.c.:—Pass., to be joined to the land by deposits of rivers, Thphr. HP 5.8.3.

2. choke with mud, silt up, π. τὰς ἀνωμαλίας fill up hollows, level, Plb. l.c., cf. Str. 6.2.10:—Pass., ἡ θάλαττα ἐξηραίνετο προσχουμένη Arist. Mete. 351b7, cf. 353a8.

II. throw earth upon, J. l. c.; ἵνα αἱ ῥίζαι προσχωσθῶσι Gp. 2.24.2; also, raise mounds against, μέρη τῆς πόλεως Dius ap.J. AJ 8.5.3; form by a dam, τὸν . . ἀγκῶνα τοῦ Νείλου Hdt. 2.99:—Pass., ᾗ προσεχοῦτο where earth was being raised up against it, Th. 2.75.

III. generally, heap up, in Pass., ὄρος ἐξ οὗ ἡ . . ὕλη ‐κέχωσται Palaeph. 28.