ἐμβαίνω,
future -βήσομαι: perfect -βέβηκα; Epic dialect participle ἐμβεβᾰώς, -υῖα, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.199, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 12, etc.: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐνέβη; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular ἔμβη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.656; dual _imperative_ ἔμβητον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.403 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—step in, μή τις.. ἐμβήῃ let none step in (so as to interfere), [[ 16.94: with _dative_, ποταμῷ οὐκ ἔστιν δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ ἐμβῆναι 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 91; εἰς πηλόν [prev. author] 5; ἐμβέβακεν ἴχνεσιν πατρός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 go on, go quickly, ἔμβητον, says Antilochus to his horses, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.403; ἔμβα ] Refs 8th c.BC+]advance! [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 113 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 embark on a ship, ἐρέται δ᾽ ἐν ἑκάστη πεντήκοντα ἐμβέβασαν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.720; τότε δ᾽ ἔμβη νηΐ Πύλονδε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.656, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.311 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς ἕτερον πλοῖον ἐ. (variant for{ἐσβ-}) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18 (variant), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 243c: with _accusative_, λέμβον ἐ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.9.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, embark, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 455 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 188, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, step into, mount, εἰς τὸ φορεῖον [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 26 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: perfect, to be mounted on, ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασιν ἐμβεβαῶτα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.199; ἐπ᾽ ἀπήνης ἐμβεβώς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 803: also with _accusative_, Τροίαν Ἰλιάδ᾽ ἐμβεβαῶτα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 922 (Lyric poetry); στέγην τήνδ᾽ ἐμβεβῶτες [prev. author] “Cyc.” 92. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]