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ἐμβάλλω,
future -βᾰλῶ: perfect -βέβληκα: aorist 2 ἐνέβᾰλον (passive is mostly supplied by ἐμπίπτω):— throw in, τινὰ πόντῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.258 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μιν.. χερσὶν᾽ Ἀχιλλῆος θεὸς ἔμβαλεν let him fall into Achilles' hands,[[ 21.47; ἐ. νιν βροτοῦ ἀνέρος εὐνῇ 18.85; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς τὸ βάραθρον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 574, “Nu.” 1450; εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.14; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς συμφοράς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.10; εἰς ἀτυχίας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.79; εἰς αἰσχύνην καὶ ἀδικίαν 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.7; εἰς ὑποψίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 23; ἐς γραφάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 679, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72, etc.; εἰς ἀπορίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 20a; εἰς ἔχθραν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.70. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of things, ἵπποις χαλινοὺς ἐ. [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 551, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.7 (_passive_), 9.9, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.394; πώλοις ἡνίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1424; ἐ. ψήφους εἰς τὸν καδίσκον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.13, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.21 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. μοχλόν (i.e. εἰς τὴν θύραν) [[ [prev. author] “An.” 7.1.12 ] Refs]; ἐ. σῖτον (i.e. εἰς τὴν φάτνην) [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.1.38 ] Refs]; τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις ἐ. throw food to.., [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 4.8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; simply, lay or put in, [ἱμάντα] οἱ ἔμβαλε χερσίν put it into his hands, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.218 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐνέβαλον τῶν χρημάτων [εἰς τὸ κανοῦν] [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1304a3, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 11.5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; hand in, submit a petition, [[ “PPetr.” 3P. 39 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρά τινι slide one's hand into another's, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 554 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔμβαλλε χεῖρα δεξιάν as a pledge of good faith, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1181, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 754 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν, to which Neoptolemus answers—ἐμβάλλω μενεῖν I give my pledge to remain, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 813 (troch.). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __3 frequently of the mind, ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἐ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.10 (compare below 111.2); εἰς νοῦν τινί 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἵμερον, μένος τινί, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.139, 16.529 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. νεῖκός τισι to throw in strife between them, [[ 4.444 ] Refs]; τισὶ λύσσαν ἐρισμοῦ[[ Timo 28.3; ἐ. λόγον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344d; βουλὴν ἐ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.18 (and _absolutely_, ἐ. τινὶ περί τινος] Refs 5th c.BC+] to give one advice on a thing, [[[prev. work] 5.5.43 ] Refs] (nisi addendum [βουλήν])); ἐ. πρᾶγμα εἰς γέλωτα καὶ λοιδορίαν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.75. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 throw upon or against, νηῒ κεραυνόν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.415; δαλὸν νήεσσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.320; πέτρον στέρνῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.68; [Ἀχαιοὺς] πέτραις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1129 (Lyric poetry); πῆχυν στέρνοις [prev. author] “Or.” 1466 (Lyric poetry); λίθον τινὶ εἰς κεφαλήν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.26; πληγάς τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.11, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 66 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ἐμβαλέτω ἰσχυρότατα (i.e. πληγάς) let him lay on.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἕλκεα to inflict them, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 111 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. πῦρ set fire to.., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ῥήγεα lay on blankets, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.298: _metaphorically_, ἐ. φόβον τινί] Refs 8th c.BC+] strike fear into him, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10. ; ἄταν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 316 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φροντίδας variant in [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; impose, ἔργα εἰς τὴν γῆν [[ “PTeb.” 37.7 (_passive_, 1st c.BC) ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of a fine, [[ “BCH” 8.307 (from Delos). ] Refs]
__5 ἐ. ὦμον put one's shoulder to the work, in archery, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 put into its place, to set a broken or dislocated limb, [[[prev. work] 24 (_passive_), “Art.” 1, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 685b6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__7 in Medicine texts, put in, ἀμυχάς, διαίρεσιν, [[ 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 7.4, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.24.4. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__8 graft a tree, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.15 (_passive_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but simply, plant, τὰ φυτά [[ “IG” 12(7).62.29. ] Refs]
__9 ἐ. τινί (i.e. μάρμαρον) to throw at another, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.383. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__10 insert a word or a letter, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 343d, “Cra.” 414c, +others; εἰς κωμῳδίαν στίχον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.334f. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__11 ἐ. οἰκίαν τινί bring it down upon him, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 511, compare “Nu.” 1489. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__12 τάφρον ἐ. make a trench, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 27, “Mar.” 15. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__13 pay, contribute, ἀργύριον [[ “IG” 7.235.13 (from Oropus)] Refs]; τροφάν [[ “GDI” 1884.12 (Delph.). ] Refs]
__14 denounce an offender, ἐς τὰν βωλάν [[ “SIG” 527.103 (Dreros, 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__15 intercalate a month, [[ “IG” 12.76.53. ] Refs]
__II intransitive (i.e. στρατόν), make an inroad or invasion, variant for{ἐσβ}. in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.125, 5.15, 9.13, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.29; in full, ἐ. στράτευμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 583, 1024 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, attack, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 165d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b generally, burst, rush in, ἐμβάλλειν εἰς τὴν ἀγοράν [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.164, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 5, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; embark upon, ἐμβάλωμεν εἰς ἄλλον λόγον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 962: with _dative_, εἰκασίαις Hierocl. p.37 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus; βίβλοις μακραῖς καὶ δυσελίκτοις 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.227b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 strike a ship with the ram (ἔμβολος [[ 1.3)] Refs], charge or ram it, νηΐ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.84, +others, compare 7.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].; ἐ. ταῖς λοιπαῖς (i.e. ναυσί) [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυνετύγχανε.. διὰ τὴν στενοχωρίαν τὰ μὲν ἄλλοις ἐμβεβληκέναι τὰ δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐμβεβλῆσθαι on one side had charged others, on the other had been charged themselves, [[ [prev. author] 7.70. ] Refs]
__II.2.b of water, ἐ. τοῖς ὄρεσι to dash against them, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28: _absolutely_, τὸ ὕδωρ ἐμβαλὸν τὰ χωρία ἐλυμήνατο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 55.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 κώπῃς ἐ. (i.e. χεῖρας) lay oneself to the oars, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.129, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.201 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. alone, pull hard, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 602, “Ra.” 206, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 of a river, empty itself, εἰς.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III middle, throw in what is one's own, ὅρκον εἰς τὸν ἐχῖνον [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.65, compare 27.51 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: absolutely, draw lots, [[ “SIG” 1006.3 (Cos, 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III.2 metaphorically, μή μοι φύξιν ἐμβάλλεο θυμῷ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.447 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῆτιν ἐ. θ[[. 23.313; εἰς τὸν νοῦν ἐμβάλλεσθαί τι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.68 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] (later in active, [[ “PTaur.” 4.9); τὸ καρτερὸν ἐμβαλόμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.21 (compare above 1.3). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 with genitive, ἐμβάλλεσθε τῶν λαγῴων fall upon the hare's flesh, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1312. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4 put on board ship, [[ PHib. 1.152 (3rd c.BC), “POxy.” 1292.3 (1st c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.5, etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III.5 set to work upon, τῇ γεωργίᾳ [[ “PStrassb.” 111.3 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__IV passive, to be dashed against: of ships, charge (see.[[ above 11.2), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.34, 70. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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