ἐμβαίνω

ἐμβαίνω, fut. -βήσομαι: pf. -βέβηκα; Ep. part. ἐμβεβᾰώς, -υῖα, Il. 5.199, Hes. Th. 12, etc.: aor. 2 ἐνέβην; Ep. 3sg. ἔμβη Od. 4.656; dual imper. ἔμβητον Il. 23.403:—Α. step in, μή τις . . ἐμβήῃ let none step in (so as to interfere), 16.94: c. dat., ποταμῷ οὐκ ἔστιν δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ ἐμβῆναι Heraclit. 91; εἰς πηλόν Id. 5; ἐμβέβακεν ἴχνεσιν πατρός Pi. P. 10.12. 2. go on, go quickly, ἔμβητον, says Antilochus to his horses, Il. 23.403; ἔμβα advance! E. El. 113 (lyr.). 3. embark on a ship, ἐρέται δʼ ἐν ἑκάστη πεντήκοντα ἐμβέβασαν Il. 2.720; τότε δʼ ἔμβη νηΐ Πύλονδε Od. 4.656, cf. Il. 1.311; ἐς ἕτερον πλοῖον ἐ. (v.l. for ἐσβ-) Hdt. 2.29, cf. Th. 1.18 (v.l.), Lys. 2.40, Pl. Mx. 243c: c. acc., λέμβον ἐ. Plb. 30.9.11: abs., embark, E. Tr. 455 (troch.), Ar. Ra. 188, etc.: generally, step into, mount, εἰς τὸ φορεῖον Plu. Galb. 26: pf., to be mounted on, ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασιν ἐμβεβαῶτα Il. 5.199; ἐπʼ ἀπήνης ἐμβεβώς S. OT 803: also c. acc., Τροίαν Ἰλιάδʼ ἐμβεβαῶτα E. Hec. 922 (lyr.); στέγην τήνδʼ ἐμβεβῶτες Id. Cyc. 92. 4. step upon, τῷ δʼ ἐγὼ ἐμβαίνων Od. 10.164; πεδίλοις ἐμβεβαυῖα Hes. Th. 12; τοῖσδʼ ἁλουργέσιν A. Ag. 946; δαίμων ἐνέβη Περσῶν γενεᾷ trampled upon it, Id. Pers. 911 (anap.); μὴʼ μβαινε τῷ δυστυχοῦντι Men. Mon. 356: abs., tread on oneʼs toes, Thphr. Char. 15.6; cf. βοῦς viii. 5. enter upon, ἐς τόνδε χρησμόν dub. in A. Ag. 1567; εἰς κίνδυνον X. Cyr. 2.1.15: c. acc., ἐ. κέλευθον E. Supp. 989 (lyr.). b. metaph., enter upon, embark in, μεγαλανορίαις Pi. N. 11.44; τῷ ἐπιτηδεύματι Pl. Phdr. 252e; ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς δεινοῖς ἐμβεβηκώς embarked, engaged in . . , D. 18.248; light upon, εἰς ἀρχήν τε καὶ τύπον τῆς δικαιοσύνης Pl. R. 443c: abs., enter upon office, IG 5(1).1390.31 (Andania). 6. rarely c. gen., step upon, νᾶος Alc. 19; γῆς ὅρων S. OC 400. 7. Poets, with acc. of the instrument of motion, ὄχοις . . ἐμβεβὼς πόδα S. Fr. 672; ἐς ἄντλον ἐμβήσει (2sg.) πόδα E. Heracl. 168. 8. to be fixed or fastened, κατά τι Il. 24.81; to be fixed in, εἰς ἐμπυελίδας Hero Aut. 2.3. 9. = ἐμβατεύω II, SIG 364.75 (Ephesus, iii B.C.). II. causal in aor. 1 ἐνέβησα, make to step in, put in, ἐν δὲ τὰ μῆλα . . ἐβήσαμεν Od. 11.4; δίφρον ἐμβῆσαί τινα E. Heracl. 845, cf.Cyc. 467; ἐ. τὰν ἀρχάν Schwyzer 485.9 (Thespiae, iii B.C.): metaph., ἐμβῆσαί τινα ἐς φροντίδα plunge him into anxiety, Hdt. 1.46. III. intr., step, march or dance, ὀρθῶς Pl. Alc. 1.108c; πρὸς ῥυθμόν Luc. Salt. 10.