The corpus record

εἰσχέω

eischeo

pour in, into, stream in

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Where it lives

Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

εἰσχέω · eischeō — LSJ

pour in, into, stream in

pour in or into, Hdt. 4.2, E. Cyc. 389 (s.v.l.) :—Med., aor. εἰσεχεάμην Aristid. Or. 39 (18).4 :—Pass. with Ep. aor. ἐσεχύμην [ῠ], stream in, ἐσσυμένως ἐσέχυντο ἐς πόλιν Il. 21.610, cf. Hdt. 9.70 ; ψυχὴν ἔξωθεν οἷον εἰσχυθεῖσαν Plot. 5.1.2.

In the wild

ἐσχέουσι · escheousi Herodotus, Histories 4.195.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5305)
ἐσχέαντες · escheantes Herodotus, Histories 4.2.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4109)
ἐσεχέοντο · esecheonto Herodotus, Histories 9.70.2 (DIORISIS sentence 9787)
ἐσέχυντο · esechynto Iliad 12.470
ἐσέχυντο · esechynto Iliad 21.610
εἰσχυθεῖσαν · eischytheisan Plotinus, Enneads 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3558)

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