εἰσποι-έω (eispoieo)

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Against Leochares 28 · 68.16/10k
Aegineticus 6 · 20.66/10k
Against Macartatus 7 · 11.3/10k
Against Boeotus 2 1 · 2.58/10k
Against Theocrines 1 · 2.15/10k
Against Leptines 2 · 1.77/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

εἰσποι-έω · eispoi-eō — LSJ

give in adoption, begets, make, heir, attracts, adopt as oneʼs son, to be adopted

give in adoption, ὑόν τινι Pl. Lg. 878a ; τὸν παῖδα εἰς τὸν οῖκόν τινος D. 43.15; τοὺς σφετέρους παῖδας εἰς ἑτέρους οἴκους εἰσποιοῦσιν Is. 10.17 (but the same phrase is used of a father who begets, Id. 6.22); εἰ. τινὰ εἰς τὰ χρήματά τινος make him heir to the property, Id. 10.12, cf. 16, 17, etc.; εἰ. σαυτὸν Ἄμμωνι, of Alexander, Plu. Alex. 50 : metaph., [ἡ παντάρβη] πᾶν τὸ ἐγγὺς ἐσποιεῖ αὑτῇ attracts, Philostr. VA 3.46:—Med., adopt as oneʼs son, D. 44.34, Ph. 2.86, D.C. 44.5 :— Pass., εἰσποιηθῆ

2 bring new, into, forced, in, introduce, thrust, father

generally, εἰ. τινὰς εἰς λῃτουργίαν bring new persons into the public service, Id. 20.19,20 ; τῶν πραττομένων εἰσεποίει κοινωνὸν αὑτόν forced himself in as partaker, Din. 1.32; εἰ. ἐγκώμιον εἰς τὴν ἱστορίαν introduce panegyric into history, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 9; εἰ. ἑαυτὸν εἰς δύναμίν τινος thrust himself into anotherʼs authority, Plu. Pomp. 16; εἰ. Ἡσιόδῳ Θεογονίαν father it on him, Paus. 9.27.2.

3 adopts into the family of, makes, as swift as

τὸ τάχος [τὴν τίγριν] ἐσ. τοῖς ἀνέμοις adopts into the family of winds, i.e. makes it as swift as the winds, Philostr. VA 3.48.

II intervene, meddle

Med., intervene, meddle in an affair, CPHerm. 6.10 (iii A.D.).

In the wild

εἰσποιήσειν · eispoiēsein Demosthenes, Against Boeotus 2 9 (DIORISIS sentence 18)
εἰσποιηθέντος · eispoiēthentos Demosthenes, Against Leochares 15 (DIORISIS sentence 45)
εἰσποιεῖ · eispoiei Demosthenes, Against Leochares 19 (DIORISIS sentence 55)
εἰσποιηθείς · eispoiētheis Demosthenes, Against Leochares 19 (DIORISIS sentence 55)
εἰσποιεῖν · eispoiein Demosthenes, Against Leochares 24 (DIORISIS sentence 69)
εἰσεποιήθης · eisepoiēthēs Demosthenes, Against Leochares 27 (DIORISIS sentence 80)

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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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