ἐμβάλλω

ἐμβάλλω, [tense] fut. -βᾰλῶ: [tense] pf. -βέβληκα: [tense] aor. 2 ἐνέβᾰλον ([voice] Pass. is mostly supplied by ἐμπίπτω):—

A throw in,

τινὰ πόντῳ Il.14.258

; μιν . . χερσὶν' Ἀχιλλῆος θεὸς ἔμβαλεν let him fall into Achilles' hands, 21.47;

ἐ. νιν βροτοῦ ἀνέρος εὐνῇ 18.85

;

ἐ. τινὰ εἰς τὸ βάραθρον Ar.Ra.574

, Nu. 1450;

εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον D.53.14

;

ἐ. τινὰ εἰς συμφοράς Antipho 3.4.10

;

εἰς ἀτυχίας Aeschin.3.79

;

εἰς αἰσχύνην καὶ ἀδικίαν Din.3.7

;

εἰς ὑποψίαν Plu.Them.23

;

ἐς γραφάς Ar.Ach.679

, cf. Hdt.4.72, etc.;

εἰς ἀπορίαν Pl.Phlb.20a

;

εἰς ἔχθραν D.18.70

.

2 of things, ἵπποις χαλινοὺς ἐ. Thgn.551, X.Eq.6.7 ([voice] Pass.), 9.9, cf. Il.19.394;

πώλοις ἡνίας E.IT1424

;

ἐ. ψήφους εἰς τὸν καδίσκον D.57.13

, cf. X.Cyr.2.2.21; ἐ. μοχλόν (sc. εἰς τὴν θύραν) Id.An.7.1.12; ἐ. σῖτον (sc. εἰς τὴν φάτνην) Id.Cyr.8.1.38; τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις ἐ. throw food to . . , Thphr.Char.4.8; simply, lay or put in, [ἱμάντα] οἱ ἔμβαλε χερσίν put it into his hands, Il.14.218; ἐνέβαλον τῶν χρημάτων [εἰς τὸ κανοῦν] Arist.Pol.1304a3, cf. Ael.VH11.5; hand in, submit a petition, PPetr.3P.39 (iii B.C.), etc.; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρά τινι slide one's hand into another's, Ar.V.554; ἔμβαλλε χεῖρα δεξιάν as a pledge of good faith, S.Tr.1181, cf. Ar.Ra.754; ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν, to which Neoptolemus answers—ἐμβάλλω μενεῖν I give my pledge to remain, S.Ph.813 (troch.).

3 freq. of the mind, ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἐ. Od.19.10 (cf. infr. 111.2);

εἰς νοῦν τινί Plu. Tim.3

; ἐ. ἵμερον, μένος τινί, Il.3.139, 16.529; ἐ. νεῖκός τισι to throw in strife between them, 4.444; τισὶ λύσσαν ἐρισμοῦ Timo 28.3;

ἐ. λόγον Pl.R.344d

;

βουλὴν ἐ. περί τινος X.Cyr.2.2.18

(and abs., ἐ. τινὶ περί τινος to give one advice on a thing, ib.5.5.43 (nisi addendum <βουλήν>))

; ἐ. πρᾶγμα εἰς γέλωτα καὶ λοιδορίαν D.10.75

.

4 throw upon or against,

νηῒ κεραυνόν Od.12.415

;

δαλὸν νήεσσι Il.13.320

;

πέτρον στέρνῳ Pi.N.10.68

; [

Ἀχαιοὺς] πέτραις E.Hel.1129

(lyr.);

πῆχυν στέρνοις Id.Or.1466

(lyr.);

λίθον τινὶ εἰς κεφαλήν Antipho 5.26

;

πληγάς τινι X.An.1.5.11

, cf. Plu.Caes.66; so ἐμβαλέτω ἰσχυρότατα (sc. πληγάς) let him lay on . ., X.Eq.8.4; ἐ. ἕλκεα to inflict them, Pi.Fr.111; ἐ. πῦρ set fire to . ., Th.7.53; ἐ. ῥήγεα lay on blankets, Od.4.298: metaph., ἐ. φόβον τινί strike fear into him, Hdt.7.10.

έ; ἄταν A.Th.316

(lyr.); φροντίδας v.l. in Antipho 2.2.2; impose,

ἔργα εἰς τὴν γῆν PTeb.37.7

([voice] Pass., i B. C.); of a fine, BCH8.307 ([place name] Delos).

5 ἐ. ὦμον put one's shoulder to the work, in archery, Hp.Fract.2.

6 put into its place, to set a broken or dislocated limb, ib.24 ([voice] Pass.), Art.1, al., Arist.PA685b6.

7 Medic., put in, ἀμυχάς, διαίρεσιν, Philum.Ven.7.4, Antyll. ap. Orib.45.24.4.

8 graft a tree, D.53.15 ([voice] Pass.); but simply, plant,

τὰ φυτά IG12(7).62.29

.

9 ἐ. τινί (sc. μάρμαρον) to throw at another, Il.12.383.

10 insert a word or a letter, Pl.Prt.343d, Cra.414c, al.;

εἰς κωμῳδίαν στίχον Plu.2.334f

.

11 ἐ. οἰκίαν τινί bring it down upon him, Ar.Ach.511, cf.Nu. 1489.

12 τάφρον ἐ. make a trench, Plu.Pyrrh.27, Mar.15.

13 pay, contribute,

ἀργύριον IG7.235.13

([place name] Oropus);

τροφάν GDI1884.12

(Delph.).

14 denounce an offender,

ἐς τὰν βωλάν SIG527.103

(Dreros, iii B.C.).

15 intercalate a month, IG12.76.53.

II intr. (sc. στρατόν), make an inroad or invasion, v.l. for ἐσβ. in Hdt.4.125,5.15,9.13, cf. X.Ages.1.29; in full,

ἐ. στράτευμα A.Th.583

,1024: metaph., attack, Pl.Tht.165d.

b generally, burst, rush in,

ἐμβάλλειν εἰς τὴν ἀγοράν Aeschin.2.164

, Lycurg.5, etc.; embark upon,

ἐμβάλωμεν εἰς ἄλλον λόγον E.El.962

: c. dat., εἰκασίαις Hierocl.p.37 A.;

βίβλοις μακραῖς καὶ δυσελίκτοις Jul.Or.7.227b

.

2 strike a ship with the ram (

ἔμβολος 1.3

), charge or ram it,

νηΐ Hdt.8.84

, al., cf. 7.10.β; ἐ. ταῖς λοιπαῖς (sc. ναυσί) Th.4.14; ξυνετύγχανε . . διὰ τὴν στενοχωρίαν τὰ μὲν ἄλλοις ἐμβεβληκέναι τὰ δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐμβεβλῆσθαι on one side had charged others, on the other had been charged themselves, Id.7.70.

b of water, ἐ. τοῖς ὄρεσι to dash against them, Hdt.2.28: abs.,

τὸ ὕδωρ ἐμβαλὸν τὰ χωρία ἐλυμήνατο D.55.11

.

3 κώπῃς ἐ. (sc. χεῖρας) lay oneself to the oars, Od.10.129, cf. Pi.P.4.201; ἐ. alone, pull hard, Ar.Eq.602, Ra.206, X.HG5.1.13.

4 of a river, empty itself, εἰς . . Pl.Phd.113c.

III [voice] Med., throw in what is one's own,

ὅρκον εἰς τὸν ἐχῖνον D.49.65

, cf. 27.51: abs., draw lots, SIG1006.3 (Cos, iii B.C.).

2 metaph.,

μή μοι φύξιν ἐμβάλλεο θυμῷ Il.10.447

; μῆτιν ἐ. θ. 23.313;

εἰς τὸν νοῦν ἐμβάλλεσθαί τι D.18.68

(later in [voice] Act., PTaur.4.9);

τὸ καρτερὸν ἐμβαλόμενοι X.Cyr.4.2.21

(cf. supr. 1.3).

3 c. gen., ἐμβάλλεσθε τῶν λαγῴων fall upon the hare's flesh, Ar.Pax 1312.

4 put on board ship, PHib.1.152 (iii B.C.), POxy. 1292.3 (i A.D.), Luc.VH1.5, etc.

5 set to work upon,

τῇ γεωργίᾳ PStrassb.111.3

(iii B.C.).

IV [voice] Pass., to be dashed against: of ships, charge (v. supr. 11.2), Th.7.34,70.