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