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|Definition=-εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[stepping upon]], ἐς τὴν ναῦν Luc.''Nav.''12; [[advent]], Annuario 6/7.417 (Phaselis); <b class="b3">αἱ ἐ. τῆς θαλάσσης</b> risings.., Plb.34.9.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[means of]] [[approach]], [[access]], <b class="b3">ἔχειν ἐ.</b> ''IG''7.167 (Megara); τοῦ νοητοῦ -σεις Plot.6.7.36; ἐ. τοῦ ἐραστοῦ Them.''Or.''13.163d: hence concretely, [[rungs]], [[steps]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 511b(pl.).<br><span class="bld">3</span>. <b class="b3">ἔς τινα ποιεῖσθαι ἐ.</b> make [[a handle against]], a [[means of attacking]] one, Hdt.6.61; ἐ. τι τίθεσθαι εἴς τι App.''BC''1.37; [[attack]], Luc.''Hist.Conscr.''49; <b class="b3">ἀμφισβητούμενον ἢ ἐπίβασιν ἔχον</b> liable [[to]] [[be impugned]], ''IG''22.1051a14.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[getting on one's feet]], of a child beginning to walk, Sor.1.114; especially in recovery after a broken leg, Hp. ''Fract.''18 (pl.); τῇ ἐ. χρῆσθαι Id.''Art.''58; [[foothold]], in snow, Plb.3.54.5.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. [[resting of one thing on another]], e.g. of a bone, Hp.''Art.''51.<br><span class="bld">6</span>. Rhet., <b class="b3">κατ' ἐπίβασιν</b> by [[gradation]], Longin.11.1.<br><span class="bld">7</span>. [[that on which]] [[one stands]], Ph.1.125,332.<br><span class="bld">8</span>. [[entry]] into office, ''PLond.''3.1170.3 (iii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span>. of the male, [[covering]], Plu.2.754a(pl.).