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|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-βήσομαι</b>: pf. <b class="b3">-βέβηκα</b>; Ep. part. <b class="b3">ἐμβεβᾰώς, -υῖα</b>, <span class="bibl">Il. 5.199</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>12</span>, etc.: aor. 2 <b class="b3">ἐνέβην</b>; Ep. 3sg. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἔμβη <span class="bibl">Od.4.656</span>; dual imper. ἔμβητον <span class="bibl">Il.23.403</span>:—<b class="b2">step in</b>, <b class="b3">μή τις . . ἐμβήῃ</b> let none <b class="b2">step in</b> (so as to interfere), <span class="bibl">16.94</span>: c. dat., ποταμῷ οὐκ ἔστιν δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ ἐμβῆναι <span class="bibl">Heraclit.91</span>; εἰς πηλόν <span class="bibl">Id.5</span>; ἐμβέβακεν ἴχνεσιν πατρός <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 10.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">go on, go quickly</b>, <b class="b3">ἔμβητον</b>, says Antilochus to his horses, <span class="bibl">Il.23.403</span>; ἔμβα <b class="b2">advance!</b> <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>113</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[embark]] on a ship, ἐρέται δ' ἐν ἑκάστη πεντήκοντα ἐμβέβασαν <span class="bibl">Il.2.720</span>; τότε δ' ἔμβη νηΐ Πύλονδε <span class="bibl">Od.4.656</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.1.311</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς ἕτερον πλοῖον ἐ</b>. (v.l. for [[ἐσβ-]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.18</span> (v.l.), <span class="bibl">Lys.2.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>243c</span>: c. acc., <b class="b3">λέμβον ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.30.9.11</span>: abs., [[embark]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>455</span> (troch.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>188</span>, etc.: generally, [[step into]], [[mount]], εἰς τὸ φορεῖον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Galb.</span>26</span>: pf., <b class="b2">to be mounted on</b>, ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασιν ἐμβεβαῶτα <span class="bibl">Il.5.199</span>; ἐπ' ἀπήνης ἐμβεβώς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>803</span>: also c. acc., Τροίαν Ἰλιάδ' ἐμβεβαῶτα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>922</span> (lyr.); στέγην τήνδ' ἐμβεβῶτες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>92</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">step upon</b>, τῷ δ' ἐγὼ ἐμβαίνων <span class="bibl">Od.10.164</span>; πεδίλοις ἐμβεβαυῖα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>12</span>; τοῖσδ' ἁλουργέσιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>946</span>; <b class="b3">δαίμων ἐνέβη Περσῶν γενεᾷ</b> <b class="b2">trampled upon</b> it, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 911</span> (anap.); μὴ' μβαινε τῷ δυστυχοῦντι <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>356</span>: abs., <b class="b2">tread on</b> one's [[toes]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>15.6</span>; cf. [[βοῦς]] viii. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">enter upon</b>, <b class="b3">ἐς τόνδε χρησμόν</b> dub. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1567</span>; εἰς κίνδυνον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.1.15</span>: c. acc., ἐ. κέλευθον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>989</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> metaph., <b class="b2">enter upon, embark in</b>, μεγαλανορίαις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>11.44</span>; τῷ ἐπιτηδεύατι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>252e</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς δεινοῖς ἐμβεβηκώς</b> <b class="b2">embarked, engaged in</b>... <span class="bibl">D.18.248</span>; <b class="b2">light upon</b>, εἰς ἀρχήν τε καὶ τύπον τῆς δικαιοσύνης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>443c</span>: abs., <b class="b2">enter upon office</b>, IG5(1).1390.31 (Andania). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> rarely c. gen., <b class="b2">step upon</b>, νᾶος <span class="bibl">Alc.19</span>; γῆς ὅρων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>400</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> Poets, with acc. of the instrument of motion, ὄχοις . . ἐμβεβὼς πόδα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>672</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς ἄντλον ἐμβήσει</b> (2sg.) πόδα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>168</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b2">to be fixed</b> or [[fastened]], κατά τι <span class="bibl">Il.24.81</span>; <b class="b2">to be fixed in</b>, εἰς ἐμπυελίδας <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>2.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> = [[ἐμβατεύω]] <span class="bibl">11</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>364.75 (Ephesus, iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> causal in aor. 1 <b class="b3">ἐνέβησα</b>, <b class="b2">make to step in, put in</b>, ἐν δὲ τὰ μῆλα . . ἐβήσαμεν <span class="bibl">Od.11.4</span>; δίφρον ἐμβῆσαί τινα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>845</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyc.</span>467</span>; ἐ. τὰν ἀρχάν <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 485.9 (Thespiae, iii B.C.): metaph., <b class="b3">ἐμβῆσαί τινα ἐς φροντίδα</b> [[plunge]] him into anxiety, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.46</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> intr., [[step]], [[march]] or [[dance]], ὀρθῶς Pl. <span class="title">Alc.</span>1.108c; πρὸς ῥυθμόν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>10</span>.</span>