A.“ἐσάγεσκον” Hdt.1.196: pf. -αγήοχα Epist. Philipp. ap. D.18.39: pf. Pass. “ἐσῆγμαι” Hdt.2.49:—lead in or into, esp. into one's dwelling, introduce, c. dupl.acc., “αὐτοὺς εἰσῆγον θεῖον δόμον” Od.4.43; Κρήτην εἰσήγαγ᾽ ἑταίρους he led his comrades to Crete, 3.191; “ἐς. τινὰ ἐς..” Hdt.1.196, etc.: c. dat., “τινὰ δόμοις” E.Alc.1112 codd.; “εἰ. ψυχᾷ χάριν” Id.Hipp.526(lyr.); ὅταν σε καιρὸς εἰσάγῃ, = ὅταν καιρὸς ᾖ σὲ εἰσιέναι, S.El.39; “νὺξ εἰ. πόνον” Id.Tr.29:—Med., admit forces into a city, Th.8.16,108; take in with one, introduce into a league or conspiracy, “Ὀτάνης ἐσάγεται Ἰνταφρένεα” Hdt.3.70:— Pass., “τὴν θερμότητα εἰσάγεσθαι εἰς τοὺς πόρους” Thphr.Ign.38.
3. bring in, “σῖτον” Th.4.26; import, “οἶνον Ἀθήναζε κατ᾽ ἐμπορίαν” D.35.35:—Med., “εἰσάγεσθαι καὶ ἐξάγεσθαι” X.Ath.2.3, cf.D. 18.145; “εἰ. ὧν ἐνδεεῖς” Arist.Pol.1257a32:—Pass., εἰσαγόμενα καὶ ἐξαγ. imports and exports, Id.Rh.1359b22, cf. Hdt.3.6, SIG37 (Teos, v B.C.).
4. εἰ. εἰς τοὺς φράτερας introduce a child to the members of one's φρατρία, Lys.30.2 (Pass.), Is.3.75, cf. D.57.54; “εἰς Κήρυκας” And.1.127; “εἰ. τινὰς εἰς τὴν πολιτείαν” Arist.Pol.1308a8; τινὰς ἐς σπονδάς secure their adhesion, Th.5.35; ἰατρὸν εἰσάγειν τινί call in a physician for another, X.Mem.2.4.3, cf. D.47.67:—Med., of the physician himself when ill, “εἰσάγεσθαι ἄλλους ἰατρούς” Arist.Pol.1287a41.
5. introduce new customs, Hdt.2.49(Pass.); “τελετὰς πονηράς” E. Ba.260; “σόφισμα” Id.Ph.1408; “δεινότατον ἔθος εἰς τὴν πολιτείαν” D.19.2; εἰ. τὰ εἴδη the doctrineofideas, Arist.EN1096a13; “αὐλὸν καὶ ῥυθμὸν εἰς τὸν πόλεμον ἀντὶ σάλπιγγος” Plb.4.20.6.
II. bring in, bring forward, esp. on the stage, “χορόν” Ar.Ach.II; “Ἥραν ἠλλοιωμένην” Pl.R. 381d; “δράματα” Id.Ap.35b, cf. Luc.Hist.Conscr.58; of an orator, “εἰ. σεαυτὸν ποιόν τινα” Arist.Rh.1417b7; represent in art, Corn.ND28, al. (Pass.).
3. aslaw-term, εἰ. δίκην or γραφήν to bring a cause into court, of the prosecutor, A.Eu.580,582, cf. D.24.10, PHal.1.125, etc.; “ὑπόθεσιν” OG1669.41 (Egypt, i A.D.); also of the εἰσαγωγεύς II, Antipho6.42, IG12(7).3.40(Arcesine), etc.; οἱ δὲ θεσμοθέται εἰσαγόντων εἰς τὴν Ἡλιαίαν Lexap.D.21.47.
b. εἰ. τινά bring forward the case of an officer at the εὔθυναι (q.v.), D.18.117 : generally, bring a person into court, prosecute, Pl.Ap.25c,al.; in full, εἰ. εἰς δικαστήριον ib.29a, Grg.521c(Pass.), cf. Lg.910e,al.
4. pay in, “τὴν τιμὴν ἐπὶ τὴν δημοσίαν τράπεζαν” IG22.1013.28 ; “ἀργύριον” PHib.46.18 (iii B.C.), etc.
5. enter, register, POxy.1535.8 (Pass.), etc.
III. introduce to a subject, instruct:—Pass., εἰσαγόμενοι, οἱ, beginners, Ph.1.175, Gal.Libr.Propr.Prooem., etc.
IV. intr., enter, Sch.T.Il.6.252.