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εἰσβάλλω

eisballo

throw into

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Where it lives

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What it meant

εἰσβάλλω · eisballō — LSJ

throw into, throw, into, were driving, to, put on board oneʼs ship

throw into, ἄνδρα εἰς ἕρκη S. Aj. 60 ; εἰς πῆμα A. Pr. 1075; φάρμακα ἐς φρέατα Th. 2.48 ; ἐσ. στρατιὴν ἐς Μίλητον throw an army into the Milesian territory, Hdt. 1.14 ; ἐσ. ὗς ἐς [τὴν ἄρουραν] Id. 2.14, cf. E. El. 79 ; πρόβατα IG 12(1).677.31 (Rhodes, iii B.C.) : c. dupl. acc., βοῦς πόντον εἰσεβάλλομεν were driving them to the sea, E. IT 261:— Med., put on board oneʼs ship, ἐς τὴν νέα Hdt. 1.1, cf. 6.95 : abs., Th. 8.31.

II throw oneself, make an inroad, to fall upon, make an assault, come on, enter, come upon, fall in with, was close upon them

ἐσ. τὴν στρατιὴν ἐς.., of an invasion, Hdt. 1.18 : but usually without στρατιάν, throw oneself into, make an inroad into, ἐς Μίλητον ib. 15, cf. 16, Th. 2.47, etc. ; ἐσβάλλειν ἐς τοὺς ὁπλίτας to fall upon them, Id. 6.70; πρὸς πόλιν ἐσβάλλειν make an assault upon it, Id. 4.25 : abs., Ar. Ach. 762 ; of disease, come on, Aret. CD 1.1, al. : enter a country, εὶς τὸν τόπον Thphr. HP 9.7.1: poet. c. acc., χῶρον εἰ. E. Hipp. 1198 ; λέπας Id. Ba. 1045; come upon, fall in with, Βρομίου πόλιν ἔοιγμεν εἰσβ

2 empty themselves into, fall into

of rivers, empty themselves into, fall into, ἐς τὰ ἀρχαῖα (sc. ῥέεθρα) Hdt. 1.75, cf. 4.48, al., Arist. Mete. 351a10, Plb. 4.41.1; ἐσ. ἐς τὸν Εὐφρήτην ποταμὸν τὸ ῥέεθρον Hdt. 1.179.

3 make entrance

of ships, make entrance (sc. εἰς Πόντον), Syngr. ap. D. 35.13.

4 begin

abs., begin, ἀπό τινος Sch. Pi. N. 7.1; εἰς λόγον Olymp. in Mete. 102.12; κατὰ τὸ ἔαρ εἰσβάλλον Gal. 18(1).470.

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