ἐμβαίνω

ἐμβαίνω, [tense] fut. -βήσομαι: [tense] pf. -βέβηκα; [dialect] Ep. part. ἐμβεβᾰώς, -υῖα, Il. 5.199, Hes.Th.12, etc.: [tense] aor. 2 ἐνέβην; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg.

A

ἔμβη Od.4.656

; dual imper.

ἔμβητον Il.23.403

:—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 δ' ἐν ἑκάστη πεντήκοντα ἐμβέβασαν Il.2.720

;

τότε δ' 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

: [tense] pf., to be mounted on,

ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασιν ἐμβεβαῶτα Il.5.199

;

ἐπ' ἀπήνης ἐμβεβώς S.OT803

: also c. acc.,

Τροίαν Ἰλιάδ' ἐμβεβαῶτα E.Hec.922

(lyr.);

στέγην τήνδ' ἐμβεβῶτες Id.Cyc.92

.

4 step upon,

τῷ δ' ἐγὼ ἐμβαίνων Od.10.164

;

πεδίλοις ἐμβεβαυῖα Hes.Th.12

;

τοῖσδ' ἁλουργέσιν A.Ag.946

; δαίμων ἐνέβη Περσῶν γενεᾷ trampled upon it, Id.Pers. 911 (anap.);

μὴ' μβαινε τῷ δυστυχοῦντι Men.Mon.356

: abs., tread on one's 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 ἐπιτηδεύατι 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, IG5(1).1390.31 ([place name] Andania).

6 rarely c. gen., step upon,

νᾶος Alc.19

;

γῆς ὅρων S.OC400

.

7 Poets, with acc. of the instrument of motion,

ὄχοις . . ἐμβεβὼς πόδα S.Fr.672

; ἐς ἄντλον ἐμβήσει ([ per.] 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 11, SIG364.75 (Ephesus, iii B.C.).

II causal in [tense] 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

.