εἴσω (eiso)

Where it lives

De Somno et Vigilia 2 · 6.73/10k
Electra 3 · 3.46/10k
De Respiratione 2 · 3.29/10k
Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
Alcibiades 2 1 · 2.34/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Iliad 20 · 1.79/10k
Odyssey 14 · 1.61/10k
Enneads 33 · 1.56/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

εἴσω · eisō — LSJ

to within, into, into the house, to the inside

to within, into : abs., μή πού τις ἐπαγγείλῃσι καὶ εἴσω lest some one may carry the news into the house, Od. 4.775, cf. Hdt. 1.111, al.; so εἴπατε δʼ εἴσω Od. 3.427 ; also εἴσω δʼ ἀσπίδʼ ἔαξε he brake it through to the inside, Il. 7.270 ; so ὀστέα δʼ εἴσω ἔθλασεν Od. 18.96 ; εἴσω ἐπιγράψαι τέρενα χρόα Il. 13.553 ; ἐσσύμενοι εἴσω Pi. P. 4.135 ; εἴσω κομίζου A. Ag. 1035 ; πέπληγμαι..ἔσω ib. 1343 ; εἴσω.. δεῦρʼ εἴσιθʼ Ar. Pl. 231 ; ἡγεῖσθαι εἴσω, φεύγειν εἴσω, X. Cyr. 2.3.21, 7.5.26 ; παρακαλέσαι ε

b

when a case follows, Hom. prefers the acc., δῦναι δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω Il. 3.322 ; πέρησε δʼ ἄρʼ ὀστέον εἴσω αἰχμή 6.10, etc. ; ἡγήσατο.. Ἴλιον εἴσω 1.71, etc. ; more rarely with gen., κατελθόντʼ Ἄϊδος εἴσω 6.284, cf. 22.425 ; ἐβήσετο δώματος εἴσω Od. 7.135, cf. 8.290 ; so in Prose and Trag., Κύκλωπος ἔσω βλεφάρων ὤσας E. Cyc. 485 ; it generally follows its case, but precedes in Il. 21.125, 24.155, Od. 8.290.

2 inside, within, inner

with Verbs of Rest, = ἔνδον, inside, within, εἴσω δόρπον ἐκόσμει 7.13 ; ἄντρον ἔσω ναίουσα h.Merc. 6 ; ἔσω καθῆσθαι A. Ch. 919 ; θακεῖν S. Aj. 105 ; οὔτε πύργος οὔτε ναῦς ἔρημος ἀνδρῶν μὴ ξυνοικούντων ἔσω Id. OT 57 ; τὸ ἔσω μέτωπον the inner front, Th. 3.21 ; τὰ εἴσω νενοσηκότα σώματα Pl. R. 407d ; εἴσω τὴν χεῖρα ἔχειν ἀναβεβλημένον D. 19.251.

b within reach, within, encircled by, within, on this side of, inside of, farther inland, within, inside, by the side of

c. gen., μένειν εἴσω δόμων A. Th. 232 ; γλῶσσαν εἴσω πυλῶν ῥέουσαν ib. 557 ; εἴσω στέγης S. Tr. 202 ; εἴσω ξίφους within reach of sword, E. Or. 1531 ; εἴσω τῶν ὅπλων within the heavy-armed troops, i.e. encircled by them, X. An. 3.3.7, 3.4.26 ; εἴσω τῶν ὀρέων within, i.e. on this side of, the mountains, ib. 1.2.21 ; ἔσω τούτων inside of these people, i.e. farther inland, Th. 2.100 ; εἴσω βέλους within bow-shot, Arr. An. 1.6.8 ; τὰ δένδρα τῆς ὁδοῦ ποιεῖν εἴσω, i.e. inside, i.e. by the side of, the

II within

later of Time, within, εἴσω ἡμερῶν εἴκοσι PGiss. 34.6 (iii A.D.), Hermog. Stat. 8, Arg. 2 Ar. Eq.

III

for Comp. and Sup., v. ἔσω.

In the wild

εἴσω · eisō Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1035–1038
εἴσω · eisō Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 2010)
εἴσω · eisō Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 145)
εἴσω · eisō Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 45)
εἴσω · eisō Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 73)
εἴσω · eisō Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 74)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. εἴσω (scan p. 441; entry #1952).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. εἴσω (scan p. 341; entry #2339).

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