ἔμβιος
οἱ τοῖς πέλας ἐπιβουλεύοντες, λανθάνουσι πολλὰκις ὑφ' ἑτέρων τοῦτ' αὐτὸ πάσχοντες → when people plot against their neighbours, they fall victim to the same sort of plot themselves
English (LSJ)
ον,
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.
