ἐμφέρω (emphero)

Where it lives

Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k

What it meant

ἐμφέρω · empherō — LSJ

bear, bring in, to be borne, carried in, carry with oneself

bear or bring in (v. infr. II):—Pass., to be borne or carried in, ἔν τινι Hp. Epid. 7.40 (vulg. ἐκφ.) ; δίναις A.R. 4.613; βένθεσι πόντου Opp. H. 1.81:—Med., carry with oneself, τι Arat. 701.

II enter in, an account was given

enter in an account, ἐν λήμματι PEleph. 15.4 (iii B. C.):—Pass., ἐνεφέρετο an account was given, Gloss.ad Plb. 14.12.

III to be contained, matters appertaining to

Pass., to be contained in, εἶδος ἐ. γένει Ph. 1.460, al.: abs., Id. 2.1, al.; τὰ ἐμφερόμενα τῷ πράγματι matters appertaining to the subject, Longin. 12.2, prob. in Id. 10.1.

2 concerned

ἐμφέρεσθαι τῇ αἰτίᾳ, = ἐνέχεσθαι, IG 12(3).174.12 (Astypalaea, Epist.Aug.); ὁ ἐμφερόμενος the party concerned, CPHerm. 53.12 (pl., iii A. D.), etc.

IV

ἐμφέρω, Thess., = εἰσφέρω, IG 9(2).205 20 (Melitaea); also, = εἰσφέρω I.4, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 (Locr., V. B.C.).

In the wild

ἐμφέρεσθαι · empheresthai Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 15

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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