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εἰσέρχομαι

eiserchomai

go in

Appears 39 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

εἰσέρχομαι, fut. -ελεύσομαι: aor. -ήλῠθον, -ῆλθον: in Att., fut. is supplied by εἴσειμι, and impf. by εἰσῄειν:—A. go in or into, enter, in Hom. and Poets mostly c. acc., Φρυγίην εἰσήλυθον Il. 3.184; ἀλλʼ εἰσέρχεο τεῖχος 22.56; αὐιάν Pi. N. 10.16; ἄλσος, δόμους, S. Tr. 1167, E. Alc. 563; οἴκαδε X. HG 5.4.28; οἴκαδε εἰς ἐμαυτοῦ Pl. Hp.Ma. 304d; εἰσῆλθʼ ἑκατόμβας invaded the hecatombs, Il. 2.321 : but in Prose mostly with Preps., ἐς οἴκημα Th. 1.134, etc.; ἐσ. ἐς τὰς σπονδάς come into the treaty, Id. 5.36; εἰς τὸν πόλεμον v.l. in X. An. 7.1.27; εἰ. εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους enter the ranks of the Ephebi, Id. Cyr. 1.5.1; also εἰ. πρός τινα enter his house, visit him, ib.3.3.13; of a doctor, pay a visit, Gal. 18(2).36 ; εἰ. ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον X. An. 7.3.21 : abs., of money, etc., come in, προσόδους εἰσελθούσας Id. Vect. 5.12. II. of the Chorus, actors, etc., come upon the stage, enter, Pl. R. 580b, X. An. 6.1.9, etc.; enter the lists, in a contest, S. El. 700; πρός τινα in competition with.., D. 18.319. III. as law-term, of the accuser, come into court, εἰς ὑμᾶς (sc. τοὺς δικαστάς) D. 59.1; but also τοὺς ὑπὲρ τῶν κοινῶν -εληλυθότας δικαστάς Id. 18.278. 2. of the parties, c. acc., εἰ. τὴν γραφήν enter the charge, Id. 18.105; εἰ. δίκας Id. 28.17 (so also εἰ. [τὴν καταχειροτονίαν] Id. 21.6; εἰ. λόγον κατά τινος Arg. Isoc.II). 3. of the accused, come before the court, δεῦρο Pl. Ap. 29c; εἰς δικαστήριον Id. Grg. 522b; εἰς ὑμᾶς D. 18.103, cf. 21.176; εἰσελθόντες δʼ ὡς ὑμᾶς is prob. in Arist. Rh. 1410a18. 4. of the cause, to be brought in, ποῖ οὖν δεῖ ταύτην εἰσελθεῖν τὴν δίκην; D. 35.49. IV. enter on an office, Antipho 6.44 ; ἐσ. ἐς τὴν ὑπατείαν D.C. 41.39 ; ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχήν Id. 64.7. V. consult a table, εἰ. εἰς ὄργανον Vett.Val. 20.12. VI. metaph., [μένος] ἄνδρας ἐσέρχεται courage enters into the men, Il. 17.157 ; πείνη δʼ οὔ ποτε δῆμον ἐσέρχεται famine never enters the land, Od. 15.407 ; Κροῖσον γέλως ἐσῆλθε Hdt. 6.125 ; ὥς με πόλλʼ εἰσέρχεται.. ἄλγη A. Pers. 845; πόθος μʼ εἰσέρχεται E. IA 1410 ; νιν εἰσῆλθεν τάδε ib.57 : c. dat., εἰσῆλθε τοῖν τρὶς ἀθλίοιν ἔρις S. OC 372 ; [Κύπρις] εἰσέρχεται μὲν ἰχθύων.. γένει Id. Fr. 941.9 ; δέος εἰ. τινὶ περί τινος Pl. R. 330d ; ὑποψία εἰ. μοι Id. Ly. 218c. 2. come into oneʼs mind, Κροίσῳ ἐσελθεῖν τὸ τοῦ Σόλωνος Hdt. 1.86, cf. Pl. Tht. 147c ; ἐσελθεῖν τισὶ ἡδονήν, οἶκτον, Hdt. 1.24,3.14. b. impers., c. inf., τὸν δὲ ἐσῆλθε θεῖον εἶναι τὸ πρῆγμα it came into his head that.., Id. 3.42 ; ἐσῆλθέ με κατοικτῖραι Id. 7.46; εἰσῆλθε δή με..φοβηθῆναι Pl. Lg. 835d; τὸν δὲ ἐσῆλθε ὡς εἴη τέρας Hdt. 8.137; εἰσελθέτω σε μήποθʼ ὡς.. A. Pr. 1002.
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