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εἰσβολή , , (εἰσβάλλω II)
A.inroad, invasion, Hdt.6.92, E.Ion722 (lyr.), etc.; “ποταμῶνPlb.4.40.9; “διὰ τὴν ἐς Σάρδις ἐσβολήνHdt.7.1; “. ποιεῖσθαι τῇ πόλειTh.8.31 codd.; irruption of false opinions, Polystr.p.19W.; of an illness, attack, Aret.SD2.12, CA1.1.
2. entrance, pass,. ἐξ ὀρέων στεινῶν ἐς πεδίονHdt.2.75; . Ὀλυμπική the pass of Mount Olympus, Id.7.172, cf. Th.3.112; “Συμπληγάδων .E.Med.1264(lyr.): pl., of Thermopylae, Hdt.7.176, cf. 1.185, 2.141, Jul.Or.2.98b.
b. pl., mouth of a river, v.l. for ἐκβ. in Hdt.7.182.
3. entering upon a thing, beginning,καινὰς ἐσβολὰς ὁρῶ λόγωνE.Supp.92; “. στεναγμάτωνId.Ion677(lyr.); “σοφισμάτωνAr.Ra.1104; κανόνων ib.956; proem, preface, of a play, Antiph.191.20, cf. D.H.Lys.17 (pl.), Longin.38.2.
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