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|Full diacritics=εἰσβάλλω
|Medium diacritics=εἰσβάλλω
|Low diacritics=εισβάλλω
|Capitals=ΕΙΣΒΑΛΛΩ
|Transliteration A=eisbállō
|Transliteration B=eisballō
|Transliteration C=eisvallo
|Beta Code=ei)sba/llw
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">throw into</b>, ἄνδρα εἰς ἕρκη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>60</span> ; εἰς πῆμα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1075</span>; φάρμακα ἐς φρέατα <span class="bibl">Th.2.48</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐς. στρατιὴν ἐς Μίλητον</b> <b class="b2">throw</b> an army <b class="b2">into</b> the Milesian territory, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.14</span> ; ἐς. ὗς ἐς [τὴν ἄρουραν] <span class="bibl">Id.2.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>79</span> ; πρόβατα <span class="title">IG</span>12(1).677.31 (Rhodes, iii B.C.) : c. dupl. acc., <b class="b3">βοῦς πόντον εἰσεβάλλομεν</b> <b class="b2">were driving</b> them <b class="b2">to</b> the sea, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>261</span>:— Med., <b class="b2">put on board one's ship</b>, ἐς τὴν νέα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.95</span> : abs., <span class="bibl">Th. 8.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἐς. τὴν στρατιὴν ἐς.</b>., of an invasion, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.18</span> : but usually without <b class="b3">στρατιάν</b>, <b class="b2">throw oneself</b> into, <b class="b2">make an inroad</b> into, <b class="b3">ἐς Μίλητον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.47</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">ἐσβάλλειν ἐς τοὺς ὁπλίτας</b> <b class="b2">to fall upon</b> them, <span class="bibl">Id.6.70</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς πόλιν ἐσβάλλειν</b> <b class="b2">make an assault</b> upon it, <span class="bibl">Id.4.25</span> : abs., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>762</span> ; of disease, <b class="b2">come on</b>, <span class="bibl">Aret. <span class="title">CD</span>1.1</span>, al. : <b class="b2">enter</b> a country, εὶς τὸν τόπον <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.7.1</span>: poet. c. acc., χῶρον εἰ. <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hipp.</span>1198</span> ; λέπας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1045</span>; <b class="b2">come upon, fall in with</b>, Βρομίου πόλιν ἔοιγμεν εἰσβαλεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>99</span> : abs., <b class="b3">ἤφιζον, εἰσέβαλλον ἱππικαὶ πνοαί</b> the horse's breath was foaming, <b class="b2">was close upon them</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>719</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of rivers, <b class="b2">empty themselves into, fall into</b>, <b class="b3">ἐς τὰ ἀρχαῖα</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ῥέεθρα</b>) Hdt. <span class="bibl">1.75</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">4.48</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>351a10</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.41.1</span>; ἐς. ἐς τὸν Εὐφρήτην ποταμὸν τὸ ῥέεθρον <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.179</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of ships, <b class="b2">make entrance</b> (sc. <b class="b3">εἰς Πόντον</b>), Syngr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.35.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> abs., <b class="b2">begin</b>, <b class="b3">ἀπό τινος</b> Sch.<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span> 7.1</span>; εἰς λόγον <span class="bibl">Olymp.<span class="title">in Mete.</span>102.12</span>; κατὰ τὸ ἔαρ εἰσβάλλον Gal. 18(1).470.</span>
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