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ἔμβᾰσις

embasis · ἡ

embarkation

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ἔμβᾰσις · embasis — LSJ

embarkation, place of entering, entrance

embarkation, Plb. 4.10.3; place of entering, ποταμοῦ Id. 3.46.1; entrance, τῆς πλατείας Ephes. 3 No.71.

2 step

step, εὔτακτος ἔ. τοῦ ποδός interpol. in Luc. Salt. 10.

3 bathing, bathing-place

ἐμβάσεις θαλάσσης sea-bathing, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 10.8.11, cf. Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.112; bathing-place, ποταμὸς παραρρεῖ χωρίον ἔ. ἔχον παγκάλην καὶ εὐειδῆ Aristid. Or. 51(27).53.

4

ἔ. Ὀσίριδος εἰς τὴν σελήνην Plu. Isid. 2.368c; of planets, = ἐπέμβασις, Vett.Val. 37.5 (pl.).

5 entering into possession

entering into possession, SIG 364.77 (Ephesus, pl.).

II that on which one goes, steps, a shoe

that on which one goes or steps, πρόδουλος ἔμβασις ποδός, i.e. a shoe, A. Ag. 945.

2 foot, hoof

foot, hoof, δίχηλος E. Ba. 740.

III bathing-tub, bath

bathing-tub, bath, Arist. Fr. 236, AP 12.207 (Strat.), Ath. 1.24c; εἰς τὴν ἔ. τοῦ ἐλαίου κατάβασις Dsc. Eup. 1.223.

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