The corpus record

εἰσφρέω

eisphreo

let in, admit

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Where it lives

De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

εἰσφρέω · eisphreō — LSJ

let in, admit, bring in with one

let in, admit, Ar. l.c. ; στράτευμα D. 20.53 :—Med., bring in with one, E. l.c. ; also εἰσφρήσασθαι· καυχήσασθαι, μετὰ σπουδῆς εἰσενεγκεῖν, Hsch.

2 swallow

swallow, Arist. Mir. 831b11.

II let oneself in, enter

intr, let oneself in, enter, Plb. l.c., Alciphr. 3.53, Jul. Caes. 315a.

In the wild

εἰσφρεῖν · eisphrein Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 199)
εἰσέφρησεν · eisephrēsen Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.8 (DIORISIS sentence 880)
εἰσεφρούμην · eisephroumēn Euripides, Trojan Women 3.*)androma/xh (DIORISIS sentence 344)
εἰσέφρηκαν · eisephrēkan Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.5.14 (DIORISIS sentence 2098)

Where it came from

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