εἰσάλλομαι

eisallomai

spring

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 12 2
Chapter ?

12438
12466
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13679
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16558

Dictionary (LSJ)

εἰσάλλομαι, Ep. 3sg. aor. 2 ἐσᾶλτο:—A. spring or rush into, ἐσήλατο τεῖχος Ἀχαιῶν Il. 12.438; πύλας καὶ τεῖχος ἐσᾶλτο 13.679, cf. 12.466 ; πύργον -όμενοι Pi. O. 8.38 ; later ἐσ. ἐς τὸ πῦρ leap into it, Hdt. 2.66 ; εἰ. εἰς τὰ τείχη v.l. in X. Cyr. 7.4.4 ; ἀνακειμένῳ εἰς τὸν αὐχένʼ εἰσαλοίμην S. Fr. 756 ; [εἰς ἀσκόν] upon a bladder, Eub. 8 ; ἐπὶ κρατί μοι πότμος εἰσήλατο S. Ant. 1345 (lyr.).

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