ἔμβιος

English (LSJ)

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   A having life, [Ζηνὸς] ἐργαζομένου ἔμβια τὰ ὑπὸ τῷ αἰθέρι Philostr.Her.2.19; tenacious of life, established, of trees which will bear transplanting, Thphr.CP5.6.5; of cuttings, ib.3.5.3 (Comp.); but εἰ σπέρμα ἔ. γένοιτο if the seed should germinate, ib.5.4.5, cf. Antipho Soph.15; τὸ ἔ. their living and growing, of trees, Ael.VH 13.1.    2 ἡ ἔ. ὑγρότης the moisture necessary to life, Thphr.CP1.1.3; αἷμα ἔ. τῇ γῇ πινόμενον Philostr.Im.1.24.    II lasting one's whole life, ἔ. τιμωρία D.C.78.12.    III ἔ. γενέσθαι recover consciousness after a swoon, Longus 2.30.

German (Pape)

[Seite 805] 1) am Leben, lebendig; Long. 2, 30; bes. von Pflanzen, die, wenn sie eingepflanzt sind, einschlagen u. gedeihen, Theophr.; vgl. Harpocr. u. B. A. 249. 333; Ael. V. H. 13, 1. – 2) τιμωρία, lebenslängliche Strafe, D. Cass. 78, 12.