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εἰσέρπω

eiserpo

to go into

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What it meant

εἰσέρπω · eiserpō — LSJ

to go into

to go into, ἐσέρπει ἐς ἄνθρωπον ψυχή Hp. Vict. 1.7, cf. Plu. Cleom. 8; ἐς τὸ ἱερὸν μὴ ἐσέρπεν (Dor. inf.) IG 12(3).183 (Astypalaea, iv/iii B.C.); διὰ τοῦ στομίου Luc. DMort. 10[3].2: c. dat., φθόνος βραχέσιν εἰσερπύσας χωρίοις Ph. 2.553.

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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