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εἰσαγγέλ-λω

eisaggello

go in and announce

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Where it lives

De Insomniis 1 · 4.19/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 2 · 2.56/10k
Athenian Constitution 4 · 2.46/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
History 8 · 0.53/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

εἰσαγγέλ-λω · eisangel-lō — LSJ

go in and announce

go in and announce a person, Hdt. 3.118, Lys. 1.20, etc.; πρός τινα X. Cyr. 8.3.20.

b submit

submit a personʼs name, PCair.Preis. 18.7 (iv A.D.), etc.

2 take a message in, announce, report, information having been given that

take a message in, E. Ba. 173 : generally, announce, report a thing, τὰ ἐσαγγελλόμενα Th. 6.41; of the senses, εἰ. πολλὰς διαφοράς Arist. Sens. 437a2, cf. Insomn. 461b3:—Pass., ἐσαγγελθέντων ὅτι.. information having been given that..., Th. 1.116, cf. 3.3, 6.52.

3 lay information

lay information, = μηνύω, X. HG 3.3.5, OGI 669.39 (Egypt, i A.D.).

II lay an impeachment, to be impeached

in the technical sense of εἰσαγγελία, lay an impeachment, περί τινος εἰς τὴν βουλήν Antipho 6.35, cf. And. 1.37: abs., D. 18.13; τινὰ περί τινος Id. 20.79; τινὰ τῇ βουλῇ And. 2.21; ἐν τῷ δήμῳ περί τινος Delat. ap. eund. 1.14; τινὰ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας Pl. Lg. 763e; τοῖς νομοφύλαξιν ib. 910c; τινὰ εἰς τὸν δῆμον ἐπὶ τυραννίδος αἰτίᾳ D.H. 8.77: c. inf., εἰ. τινὰ δημηγορεῖν Lys. 10.1:—Med., εἰσαγγειλαμένων τῶν στρατηγῶν SIG 742.21 (Ephesus, i B.C.):—Pass., to be impeached, D. 18.250, Hyp. Eux. 3.

In the wild

εἰσαγγέλλειν · eisangellein Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..45 (DIORISIS sentence 539)
εἰσαγγέλλειν · eisangellein Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..4 (DIORISIS sentence 65)
εἰσαγγέλλειν · eisangellein Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..53 (DIORISIS sentence 630)
εἰσαγγέλλουσιν · eisangellousin Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..59 (DIORISIS sentence 710)
εἰσαγγέλλειν · eisangellein Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 57)
εἰσαγγέλλουσι · eisangellousi Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 12)

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