ἔμβῐ-ος · embi-os — LSJ
having life, tenacious of life, established, germinate, living and growing
having life, [Ζηνὸς] ἐργαζομένου ἔμβια τὰ ὑπὸ τῷ αἰθέρι Philostr. Her. 2.19; tenacious of life, established, of trees which will bear transplanting, Thphr. CP 5.6.5; of cuttings, ib. 3.5.3 (Comp.); but εἰ σπέρμα ἔ. γένοιτο if the seed should germinate, ib. 5.4.5, cf. Antipho Soph. 15; τὸ ἔ. their living and growing, of trees, Ael. VH 13.1.
2 necessary to life
ἡ ἔ. ὑγρότης the moisture necessary to life, Thphr. CP 1.1.3; αἷμα ἔ. τῇ γῇ πινόμενον Philostr. Im. 1.24.
II lasting oneʼs whole life
lasting oneʼs whole life, ἔ. τιμωρία D.C. 78.12.
III recover consciousness
ἔ. γενέσθαι recover consciousness after a swoon, Longus 2.30.