ἐμβάλλω

English (LSJ)

fut. -βᾰλῶ: pf. -βέβληκα: aor. 2 ἐνέβᾰλον (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 (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 (Pass., i B. C.); of a fine, BCH8.307 (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 (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 (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 (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 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 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 Pass., to be dashed against: of ships, charge (v. supr. 11.2), Th.7.34,70.