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ἐμπηδ-άω

empedao

jump upon, leap, spring into

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Where it lives

Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἐμπηδ-άω · empēd-aō — LSJ

jump upon

jump upon, αὐτῇ ἐχούσῃ ἐν γαστρί Hdt. 3.32: metaph. of sense-impressions, Archig. ap. Orib. 8.2.5.

2 leap, spring into

ἐ. εἰς . . leap or spring into, ἐς τὴν ναῦν Hermipp. 54, cf. Plb. 12.8.4.

3 beat, eagerly, greedily

abs., beat, of the heart, Ph. 1.67: aor. part. ἐμπηδήσας eagerly, greedily, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 20.

In the wild

ἐμπηδήσασα · empēdēsasa Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 220)
ἐμπηδῆσαι · empēdēsai Herodotus, Histories 3.32.4 (DIORISIS sentence 3098)
ἐνεπήδησεν · enepēdēsen Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 9

Where it came from

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