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εἰσελαύνω

eiselauno

drive in, to keep, rowed in

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εἰσελ-αύνω · eisel-aunō — LSJ

drive in, to keep

drive in, ποιμὴν εἰσελάων [τὴν ποίμνην] Od. 10.83; ἵππους δʼ εἰσελάσαντες Il. 15.385; τὴν θήλειαν ὁ ἄρρην εἰ. πρὸς τὰ ᾠά Plu. Sollert. 2.962f ; εἰσελαύνειν τινὰ εἰς τὸν τοῦ πράγματος δρόμον to keep him to the point, Aeschin. 1.176, cf. 3.206.

II rowed in, marched into, enter in triumphal procession

as if intr., ἔνθʼ οἵ γʼ εἰσέλασαν [τὴν νῆα] that way they rowed in, Od. 13.113; ἐπεὶ εἰσήλασεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν [τὸν ἵππον] when he marched into.., X. An. 1.2.26, etc.: c. acc. loci, εἰ. λιμένα A.R. 2.672, cf. 1265 ; enter in triumphal procession, Plu. Marc. 8; τεθρίππῳ Id. Publ. 9; εἰς τὰς Ἀθήνας Ael. VH 12.58: c. acc. cogn., εἰσελαύνειν θρίαμβον Plu. Mar. 12, Cat.Mi. 31.

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