ἐπεμβάλλω

English (LSJ)

   A put on, πῶμα πίθοιο Hes.Op.98; στόμι' ἐ. ἐμοί E. IT935; γιγνώσκοντι ἐ. heap words on one who already knows, Arist. Rh.1406a34.    2 throw down upon, δόμους ἐπεμβαλῶ will throw them on [the inmates], E.HF864: c. acc. loci, ὄχθον ὡς ἐπεμβάλῃ that she may dash [her] upon it (dub. constr.), Id.IT290.    3 intercalate, Hdt.2.4; insert, Pl.Cra.399a; πολλὰ ἐπὶ τὰ πρῶτα ὀνόματα ib. 414d; of parentheses, Hermog.Id.1.12 (Pass.), cf. 1.4, al.; of ingredients in a salad, Gal.6.539: metaph., γῆς σωτῆρα σαυτὸν τῷδ' ἐπεμβάλλεις λόγῳ by this story thou foistest thyself in, intrudest thyself, as saviour of the land, S.OC463: in Inscrr. on grave-stones, put in another corpse, IGRom.4.1284, al. (Thyatira):—Med., make fresh additions, of sculptors, Pl.Plt.277a:—Pass., of fruit-trees, to be engrafted, Ath.14.653d; cf. ἐπεμβολάς.    4 thrust on, X.Cyn.10.11.    II intr., flow in besides, of rivers, Id.HG4.2.11.    III ἐπεμβάλλεται· τρώγει, Hsch.