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ἐνίημι , fut.
A.“-ήσω” Th.4.115: aor. -ῆκα, Ep. -έηκα: [mostly ἐνι^ημι in Ep., always ἐνι_ημι in Trag.; but “ἐνι_ετε” Il.12.441]:—send in or into, ἄλλους δ᾽ ὀτρύνοντες ἐνήσομεν will send into the battle, ib.14.131; “ἄλλην ἐνίησι πατὴρ ἐναρίθμιον εἶναι” Od.12.65.
2. implant, inspire, c. acc. rei et dat. pers., “ἐνῆκε δέ οἱ μένος ἠΰ” Il.20.80; “καί οἱ μυίης θάρσος ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἐνῆκε” 17.570; “τοῖσιν κότον αἰνὸν ἐνήσεις” 16.449; “ἐνεὶς ἐλαφρὰν λύσσαν” E.Ba.851; ἐ. τισὶ δαπάνην involve them in expense, PAmh.2.133.9 (ii A.D.):—Pass., κίνησις παρ᾽ ἄλλου ἐνιεμένη introduced from without, Plot.6.3.23.
3. reversely, c. acc. pers. et dat. rei, plunge into, “τὸν . . Ζεὺς ἐνέηκε πόνοισι” Il.10.89; νῦν μιν μᾶλλον ἀγηνορίῃσιν ἐνῆκας plunged him in, inspired him with pride of soul, 9.700; so ἥδε δ᾽ ὁδὸς καὶ μᾶλλον ὁμοφροσύνῃσιν ἐνήσει (sc. ἡμᾶς) shall bring us yet more to harmony, Od.15.198.
4. generally, throw in, ἐπεί ῥ᾽ ἐνέηκε (sc. φάρμακον οἴνῳ) ib.4.233; τάμισον [τυρῷ] Theoc.11.66; “νηυσὶν ἐνίετε θεσπιδαὲς πῦρ” Il.12.441, cf. E.Tr.1262 (so in Pass., “πῦρ ἐνίετο ταῖς ἀσπίσιν” Jul.Or.1.27d); also “ἐς τὰς πόλις ἐ. πῦρ” Hdt. 8.32, cf. Th.4.115; of ships, launch them into the deep, ἐνήσομεν εὐρέϊ πόντῳ (sc. νῆα) Od.2.295, 12.293.
5. send into the assembly, employ, “ἄλλους ῥήτορας” Th.6.29; “ἐ. διαβολάς” Plb.28.4.10.
6. inject poison, of spiders, X.Mem.1.3.12; “ἰὸν ἐ. τινί” A.R.4.1508; also of clysters, Nic.Al.197, Aret.CA1.6, Dsc.1.30, etc.
b. infuse, in Pass., “ἐνεήσθω ἐν αὐτέῳ ἄνηθον” Aret.CA1.1; κάνναβις ἐνεσμένη （ἐνεεσμένη Geronthr.) “ἰς χόλη” soaked (?), Edict.Diocl.32.17.
7. urge on, incite, πόθος μ᾽ ἐνέηκε v.l. for ἀν- in Mosch.2.157.
8. Med., of trumpets, begin to sound, D.S.17.106.
II. intr., press on, X. Cyr.7.1.29, HG2.4.32:—Med., plunge into, “ὑδάτεσσι” Arat.943.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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