Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.go in or into, enter, in Hom. and Poets mostly c. acc., “Φρυγίην εἰσήλυθον” Il.3.184; “ἀλλ᾽ εἰσέρχεο τεῖχος” 22.56; “αὐιάν” Pi.N.10.16; ἄλσος, δόμους, S.Tr.1167, E.Alc.563; “οἴκαδε” X.HG5.4.28; “οἴκαδε εἰς ἐμαυτοῦ” Pl.Hp.Ma.304d; εἰσῆλθ᾽ ἑκατόμβας invaded the hecatombs, Il.2.321 : but in Prose mostly with Preps., “ἐς οἴκημα” Th.1.134, etc.; ἐς. ἐς τὰς σπονδάς come into the treaty, Id.5.36; εἰς τὸν πόλεμον v.l. in X.An.7.1.27; εἰ. εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους enter the ranks of the Ephebi, Id.Cyr.1.5.1; also εἰ. πρός τινα enter his house, visit him, ib.3.3.13; of a doctor, pay a visit, Gal.18(2).36 ; “εἰ. ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον” X.An.7.3.21 : abs., of money, etc., come in, “προσόδους εἰσελθούσας” Id.Vect.5.12.

II. of the Chorus, actors, etc., come upon the stage, enter, Pl.R.580b, X.An. 6.1.9, etc.; enter the lists, in a contest, S.El.700; πρός τινα in competition with.., D.18.319.

III. as law-term, of the accuser, come into court, εἰς ὑμᾶς (sc. τοὺς δικαστάς) D.59.1; but also “τοὺς ὑπὲρ τῶν κοινῶν -εληλυθότας δικαστάς” Id.18.278.

2. of the parties, c. acc., εἰ. τὴν γραφήν enter the charge, Id.18.105; “εἰ. δίκας” Id.28.17 (so also “εἰ. [τὴν καταχειροτονίαν]” Id.21.6; εἰ. λόγον κατά τινος Arg. Isoc.II).

3. of the accused, come before the court, “δεῦρο” Pl.Ap.29c; “εἰς δικαστήριον” Id.Grg.522b; “εἰς ὑμᾶς” D.18.103, cf. 21.176; εἰσελθόντες δ᾽ ὡς ὑμᾶς is prob. in Arist.Rh.1410a18.

4. of the cause, to be brought in, ποῖ οὖν δεῖ ταύτην εἰσελθεῖν τὴν δίκην; D.35.49.

IV. enter on an office, Antipho 6.44 ; “ἐς. ἐς τὴν ὑπατείαν” D.C.41.39 ; “ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχήν” Id.64.7.

V. consult a table, “εἰ. εἰς ὄργανον” Vett.Val.20.12.

VI. metaph., [μένος] ἄνδρας ἐσέρχεται courage enters into the men, Il.17.157 ; πείνη δ᾽ οὔ ποτε δῆμον ἐσέρχεται famine never enters the land, Od.15.407 ; “Κροῖσον γέλως ἐσῆλθε” Hdt.6.125 ; “ὥς με πόλλ᾽ εἰσέρχεται.. ἄλγη” A.Pers.845; “πόθος μ᾽ εἰσέρχεται” E.IA 1410 ; νιν εἰσῆλθεν τάδε ib.57 : c. dat., “εἰσῆλθε τοῖν τρὶς ἀθλίοιν ἔρις” S. OC372 ; “[Κύπρις] εἰσέρχεται μὲν ἰχθύων.. γένει” Id.Fr.941.9 ; “δέος εἰ. τινὶ περί τινος” Pl.R.330d ; “ὑποψία εἰ. μοι” Id.Ly.218c.

2. come into one's mind, “Κροίσῳ ἐσελθεῖν τὸ τοῦ Σόλωνος” Hdt.1.86, cf. Pl.Tht. 147c ; ἐσελθεῖν τισὶ ἡδονήν, οἶκτον, Hdt.1.24,3.14.

b. impers., c. inf., τὸν δὲ ἐσῆλθε θεῖον εἶναι τὸ πρῆγμα it came into his head that.., Id.3.42 ; “ἐσῆλθέ με κατοικτῖραι” Id.7.46; “εἰσῆλθε δή με..φοβηθῆναι” Pl. Lg.835d; “τὸν δὲ ἐσῆλθε ὡς εἴη τέρας” Hdt.8.137; “εἰσελθέτω σε μήποθ᾽ ὡς..” A.Pr.1002.