Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πρόσοδος
- Transliteration
- prosodos
- Part of speech
- G:N-F
- Indexed occurrences
- 0
Glosses
revenue
Lexicon definition
1. a going or coming to, an approach , ἡ πρ. μάλιστα ταύτῃ ἐγένετο the approach was most feasible on this part, (Herdotus Historicus); ἀπείπατο τὴν πρ. rejected his advances , (Herdotus Historicus); πρ. μελάθρων approach to the halls, (Euripides) 2. an onset , πρόσοδοι τῆς μάχης onsets or attacks , (Euripides) 3. like πομπή II, a solemn procession to a temple with singing and music, (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. the coming forward of a speaker in a public assembly , γράφεσθαι πρόσοδον to petition for a hearing , (Demosthenes Orator); πρ. ποιεῖσθαι πρὸς τὸν δῆμον (Aeschines Orator) 5. income, rent , as opposite to principal, (Demosthenes Orator); often in plural, (Isaeus Orator) 6. of the public revenue, φόρων πρόσοδος (Herdotus Historicus); χρημάτων πρ. (Thucydides); mostly in plural the returns, revenue , Lat. reditus, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. (ML)