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ἐμβάλλω , fut. -βα^λῶ: pf. -βέβληκα: aor. 2 ἐνέβα^λον (Pass. is mostly supplied by ἐμπίπτω):—
2. of things, ἵπποις χαλινοὺς . Thgn.551, X.Eq.6.7 (Pass.), 9.9, cf. Il.19.394; “πώλοις ἡνίαςE.IT1424; “. ψήφους εἰς τὸν καδίσκονD.57.13, cf. X.Cyr.2.2.21; . μοχλόν (sc. εἰς τὴν θύραν) Id.An.7.1.12; . σῖτον (sc. εἰς τὴν φάτνην) Id.Cyr.8.1.38; τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις . throw food to . . , Thphr.Char.4.8; simply, lay or put in, [ἱμάντα] οἱ ἔμβαλε χερσίν put it into his hands, Il.14.218; ἐνέβαλον τῶν χρημάτων [εἰς τὸ κανοῦν] Arist.Pol.1304a3, cf. Ael.VH11.5; hand in, submit a petition, PPetr.3P.39 (iii B.C.), etc.; . τὴν χεῖρά τινι slide one's hand into another's, Ar.V.554; ἔμβαλλε χεῖρα δεξιάν as a pledge of good faith, S.Tr.1181, cf. Ar.Ra.754; ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν, to which Neoptolemus answers—ἐμβάλλω μενεῖν I give my pledge to remain, S.Ph.813 (troch.).
4. throw upon or against, “νηῒ κεραυνόνOd.12.415; “δαλὸν νήεσσιIl.13.320; “πέτρον στέρνῳPi.N.10.68; [“Ἀχαιοὺς] πέτραιςE.Hel.1129 (lyr.); “πῆχυν στέρνοιςId.Or.1466 (lyr.); “λίθον τινὶ εἰς κεφαλήνAntipho 5.26; “πληγάς τινιX.An.1.5.11, cf. Plu.Caes.66; so ἐμβαλέτω ἰσχυρότατα (sc. πληγάς) let him lay on . ., X.Eq.8.4; . ἕλκεα to inflict them, Pi.Fr.111; . πῦρ set fire to . ., Th.7.53; . ῥήγεα lay on blankets, Od.4.298: metaph., . φόβον τινί strike fear into him, Hdt.7.10.“έ; ἄτανA.Th.316 (lyr.); φροντίδας v.l. in Antipho 2.2.2; impose, “ἔργα εἰς τὴν γῆνPTeb.37.7 (Pass., i B. C.); of a fine, BCH8.307 (Delos).
5. . ὦμον put one's shoulder to the work, in archery, Hp.Fract.2.
6. put into its place, to set a broken or dislocated limb, ib.24 (Pass.), Art.1, al., Arist.PA685b6.
7. Medic., put in, ἀμυχάς, διαίρεσιν, Philum.Ven.7.4, Antyll. ap. Orib.45.24.4.
8. graft a tree, D.53.15 (Pass.); but simply, plant, “τὰ φυτάIG12(7).62.29.
9. . τινί (sc. μάρμαρον) to throw at another, Il.12.383.
10. insert a word or a letter, Pl.Prt.343d, Cra.414c, al.; “εἰς κωμῳδίαν στίχονPlu.2.334f.
11. . οἰκίαν τινί bring it down upon him, Ar.Ach.511, cf.Nu. 1489.
12. τάφρον . make a trench, Plu.Pyrrh.27, Mar.15.
13. pay, contribute, “ἀργύριονIG7.235.13 (Oropus); “τροφάνGDI1884.12 (Delph.).
14. denounce an offender, “ἐς τὰν βωλάνSIG527.103 (Dreros, iii B.C.).
15. intercalate a month, IG12.76.53.
II. intr. (sc. στρατόν), make an inroad or invasion, v.l. for ἐσβ. in Hdt.4.125,5.15,9.13, cf. X.Ages.1.29; in full, “. στράτευμαA.Th.583,1024: metaph., attack, Pl.Tht.165d.
2. strike a ship with the ram (“ἔμβολος1.3), charge or ram it, “νηΐHdt.8.84, al., cf. 7.10.β́; . ταῖς λοιπαῖς (sc. ναυσί) Th.4.14; ξυνετύγχανε . . διὰ τὴν στενοχωρίαν τὰ μὲν ἄλλοις ἐμβεβληκέναι τὰ δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐμβεβλῆσθαι on one side had charged others, on the other had been charged themselves, Id.7.70.
3. κώπῃς . (sc. χεῖρας) lay oneself to the oars, Od.10.129, cf. Pi.P.4.201; . alone, pull hard, Ar.Eq.602, Ra.206, X.HG5.1.13.
4. of a river, empty itself, εἰς . . Pl.Phd.113c.
III. Med., throw in what is one's own, “ὅρκον εἰς τὸν ἐχῖνονD.49.65, cf. 27.51: abs., draw lots, SIG1006.3 (Cos, iii B.C.).
3. c. gen., ἐμβάλλεσθε τῶν λαγῴων fall upon the hare's flesh, Ar.Pax 1312.
4. put on board ship, PHib.1.152 (iii B.C.), POxy. 1292.3 (i A.D.), Luc.VH1.5, etc.
5. set to work upon, “τῇ γεωργίᾳPStrassb.111.3 (iii B.C.).
IV. Pass., to be dashed against: of ships, charge (v. supr. 11.2), Th.7.34,70.
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