The corpus record

εἰσκομ-ίζω

eiskomizo

carry in, guide in, bring in for oneself

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Where it lives

Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
History 13 · 0.87/10k
Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

εἰσκομ-ίζω · eiskom-izō — LSJ

carry in, guide in, bring in for oneself, take shelter in

carry in, χόρτον Hes. Op. 606; guide in, A. Ag. 951:—Med., bring in for oneself, τὰ ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν ἐσκομίζεσθαι Th. 2.13, cf. 1.117:—Pass., ἐσκομίζεσθαι εἰς τὰ τείχη take shelter in.., Id. 2.100; ἐπειδὰν εἰσκομισθῶσιν πόλει E. HF 242; τὸν σῖτον ἐκ τῆς χώρας -κομισθῆναι IG 2.331.36; τοῖς εἰς ταὐτὸ διὰ ταὐτοῦ -ομένοις Plu. QConv. 2.699f.

II import, introduce

metaph., import into a discussion, introduce, δύο λύσεις Porph. in Cat. 139.30.

In the wild

ἐσκόμιζε · eskomize Aeschylus, Agamemnon 950
εἰσκομίσαντος · eiskomisantos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.9 (DIORISIS sentence 3620)
ἐσκόμιζε · eskomize Euripides, Heracles 1422
ἐσκομισθῶσιν · eskomisthōsin Euripides, Heracles 242–246
ἐσκομίσαι · eskomisai Works and Days 606
ἐσκομίζετε · eskomizete Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 1429

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Where it came from

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