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εἰσέχω

eisecho

stretch into

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εἰσέχω · eisechō — LSJ

stretch into, running in, opened into, shining

stretch into, κόλπος ἐκ τῆς βορηΐης θαλάσσης ἐσέχων ἐπὶ Αἰθιοπίης a bay running in from the north sea towards Ethiopia, Hdt. 2.11 ; ἡ μεγίστη τῶν διωρύχων ἐσέχει ἐς ποταμόν Id. 1.193 ; ἦν θάλαμος ἐσέχων ἐς τὸν ἀνδρεῶνα the chamber opened into the menʼs apartment, Id. 3.78 ; ἐς τὸν οἶκον ἐσέχων ὁ ἥλιος the sun shining into the house, Id. 8.137 : abs., ἐκ τοῦ Νείλου διώρυχες ἐσέχουσι (sc. ἐς τὴν γῆν) Id. 2.138.

II the retiring part, the shade

in pictures, τὸ ἐσέχον is the retiring part, the shade, opp. ἐξέχον (the high lights), Philostr. VA 2.20.

b hollow

στέρνα ἐσέχοντα hollow chests, Id. Gym. 35.

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