I.to throw in, put in, Il., etc.; ἐμβ. τινὰ εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον to throw one into prison, Dem.; ἔμβαλλε χεῖρα δεξιάν, as a pledge of good faith, Soph.
2.ἐμβ. τινί τι θυμῷ to put it into his mind, Hom.; so, ἐμβ. ἵμερον, μένος τινί id=Hom.; βουλὴν ἐμβ. περί τινος to give one counsel about a thing, Xen.
3.to throw at, upon or against, νηῒ κεραυνόν Od.; ἐμβ. πληγάς to inflict stripes, Xen.; ἐμβ. πῦρ to apply it, Thuc.:— metaph., ἐμβ. φόβον τινί to strike fear into him, Lat. incutere timorem, Hdt.
II.intr. (sub. στρατόν) to make an inroad or invasion, id=Hdt.
2.to strike a ship with the ram, to charge or ram it, c. dat., Hdt., Thuc.
3.κώπῃ ἐμβάλλειν (sub. χεῖρας) to lay oneself to the oar, Lat. incumbere remis, Od.; and ἐμβάλλειν alone, to lay to, pull hard, Ar.
4.of a river, to empty itself, Plat.
III.Mid. to throw in what is one's own, Dem.
2.metaph., ἐμβάλλεσθαί τι θυμῷ to lay it to heart, consider it, Il.
IV.Pass. of ships, to charge, Thuc.