ἐμβᾰτ-εύω,
step in or on, frequent, haunt: with accusative, of tutelary gods, νῆσος.. ἣν ὁ φιλόχορος Πὰν ἐμβατεύει [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 449, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 595; Πὰν Πελασγικὸν Ἄργος ἐμβατεύων 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 321; ἵνα Διόνυσος ἐμβατεύει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 679 (Lyric poetry): with _dative_, ὁ -εύων τῷ χωρίῳ δαίμων 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.77 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, in simple sense, set foot upon, μήτ᾽ ἐμβατεύειν πατρίδος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 825 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, enter a sacred cave, [[ “OGI” 530.15 (from Iasus). ] Refs]
__II ἐ. κλήρους χθονός enter on, come into possession of, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 876, cf. LXX.Josh.19.49: more frequently ἐ. εἰς τὴν ναῦν] LXX+5th c.BC+] enter on possession of the vessel, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.6; εἰς τὴν οὐσίαν [prev. author] 44.19; εἰς τὸ χωρίον 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 9.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: absolutely, enter on an inheritance, [[ 5th c.BC: Elephantine Papyri 2.14 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, νέων ψυχάς [[ 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 4.5. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III mount, cover, of the male, [[ 4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 39. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__IV to be initiated into the mysteries, [[ “Jahresh.” 15.46 (from Notium), cf. NT.Col.2.18. ] NT]