ἐμβατεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">step in</b> or <b class="b2">on, frequent, haunt</b>: c. acc., of tutelary gods, νῆσος . . ἣν ὁ φιλόχορος Πὰν ἐμβατεύει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>449</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>595</span>; Πὰν Πελασγικὸν Ἄργος ἐμβατεύων <span class="bibl">Cratin. 321</span>; ἵνα Διόνυσος ἐμβατεύει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>679</span> (lyr.): c. dat., ὁ -εύων τῷ χωρίῳ δαίμων <span class="bibl">D.H.1.77</span>: c. gen., in simple sense, <b class="b2">set foot upon</b>, μήτ' ἐμβατεύειν πατρίδος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>825</span>: abs., <b class="b2">enter</b> a sacred cave, <span class="title">OGI</span>530.15 (Iasus). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. κλήρους χθονός</b> <b class="b2">enter on, come into possession of</b>, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Heracl.</span>876</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Jo.</span>19.49</span>: more freq. <b class="b3">ἐ. εἰς τὴν ναῦν</b> <b class="b2">enter on possession of</b> the vessel, <span class="bibl">D.33.6</span>; εἰς τὴν οὐσίαν <span class="bibl">Id.44.19</span>; εἰς τὸ χωρίον <span class="bibl">Is.9.3</span>: abs., <b class="b2">enter on an inheritance</b>, PEleph.2.14 (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., νέων ψυχάς <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Or.</span>4.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">mount, cover</b>, of the male, <span class="bibl">Palaeph.39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">to be initiated</b> into the mysteries, <span class="title">Jahresh.</span>15.46 (Notium), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Col.</span>2.18</span>.</span>