εἰσβάλλω
eisballo
throw into
Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
εἰσβάλλω, A. throw into, ἄνδρα εἰς ἕρκη Aj. 60 ; εἰς πῆμα Pr. 1075; φάρμακα ἐς φρέατα 2.48 ; ἐσ. στρατιὴν ἐς Μίλητον throw an army into the Milesian territory, 1.14 ; ἐσ. ὗς ἐς [τὴν ἄρουραν] 2.14, cf. El. 79 ; πρόβατα IG 12(1).677.31 (Rhodes, iii B.C.) : c. dupl. acc., βοῦς πόντον εἰσεβάλλομεν were driving them to the sea, IT 261:— Med., put on board oneʼs ship, ἐς τὴν νέα 1.1, cf. 6.95 : abs., 8.31. II. ἐσ. τὴν στρατιὴν ἐς.., of an invasion, 1.18 : but usually without στρατιάν, throw oneself into, make an inroad into, ἐς Μίλητον ib.15, cf. 16, 2.47, etc. ; ἐσβάλλειν ἐς τοὺς ὁπλίτας to fall upon them, 6.70; πρὸς πόλιν ἐσβάλλειν make an assault upon it, 4.25 : abs., Ach. 762 ; of disease, come on, CD 1.1, al. : enter a country, εὶς τὸν τόπον HP 9.7.1: poet. c. acc., χῶρον εἰ. Hipp. 1198 ; λέπας Ba. 1045; come upon, fall in with, Βρομίου πόλιν ἔοιγμεν εἰσβαλεῖν Cyc. 99 : abs., ἤφιζον, εἰσέβαλλον ἱππικαὶ πνοαί the horseʼs breath was foaming, was close upon them, El. 719. 2. of rivers, empty themselves into, fall into, ἐς τὰ ἀρχαῖα (sc. ῥέεθρα) 1.75, cf.4.48, al., Mete. 351a10, 4.41.1; ἐσ. ἐς τὸν Εὐφρήτην ποταμὸν τὸ ῥέεθρον 1.179. 3. of ships, make entrance (sc. εἰς Πόντον), Syngr. ap. 35.13. 4. abs., begin, ἀπό τινος Sch. N. 7.1; εἰς λόγον in Mete. 102.12; κατὰ τὸ ἔαρ εἰσβάλλον 18(1).470.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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