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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[put in]] or [[insert before]], ἄμμον εἰς βαλανοδόκην Aen.Tact.18.3; ἐς τὴν ὀπὴν τοὺς πόδας Paus. 9.39.11: metaph., π. τινὶ κατελπισμόν Plb.3.82.8:—Pass., [[Theophrastus]] ''Od.''18; of words, Arist.''Rh.''1407a28; to [[be applied previously]], of bandages, Gal.18(1).801.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[deposit beforehand]], ἀρραβῶνα ''PCair.Zen.''637.6(iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> abs., <b class="b3">προεμβαλλόντων ἐς τὴν γῆν τῶν κερέων</b> the horns [[butting into]] the ground [[in front]], of cattle with projecting horns, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.183.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[project]], [[be prominent]], Philostr. ''Gym.''10, cj. in 34.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of ships, [[make the charge]] ([[ἐμβολή]]) [[first]], Th. 4.25: with acc. expressed, π. [τῇ νηΐ] πληγήν Plb.16.3.2: hence, generally, [[attack before]], τινι D.S.15.81.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[make an inroad before]], <b class="b3">εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, ἐς τὴν Ἀρμενίαν</b>, J.''BJ''2.20.6, D.C.36.45, cf. 37.1.