ἐπεμ-βάλλω,
A. put on,
πῶμα πίθοιο
Hes. Op. 98
; στόμι' ἐ. ἐμοί
E. IT 935
;γιγνώσκοντι ἐ. heap words onone who already knows, Arist. Rh. 1406a34 .
2. throw down upon, δόμους ἐπεμβαλῶ will throwthemon[the inmates], E. HF 864 : c. acc. loci,ὄχθον ὡς ἐπεμβάλῃ thatshemay dash[her]uponit (dub. constr.), Id. IT 290 .
3. intercalate,
Hdt. 2.4 ;insert,
Pl. Cra. 399a ;πολλὰ ἐπὶ τὰ πρῶτα ὀνόματαib. 414d ; of parentheses, Hermog. Id. 1.12 ( Pass. ), cf. 1.4 , al.; of ingredients in a salad, Gal. 6.539 : metaph.,γῆς σωτῆρα σαυτὸν τῷδ' ἐπεμβάλλεις λόγῳby this story thoufoistestthyselfin, intrudestthyself, as saviour of the land, S. OC 463 : in Inscrr. on grave-stones,put in anothercorpse, IGRom. 4.1284 , al. (Thyatira):— Med. ,make fresh additions,of sculptors, Pl. Plt. 277a :— Pass. , of fruit-trees,to be engrafted,
Ath. 14.653d ; cf.ἐπεμβολάς.