The corpus record

εἴσ-βᾰσις

eisbasis · ἡ

an entrance

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What it meant

εἴσ-βᾰσις · eis-basis — LSJ

an entrance, ways of entrance, embarkation, introductory process, first stage

an entrance, εἰσβάσεις μηχανώμενοι devising ways of entrance, E. IT 101; embarkation, Th. 7.30, D.C. 41.42; introductory process, first stage of a magical operation, PMag.Par. 1.397.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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