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ἐμβάλλω 1 2 3 ἐν

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.
b.generally to break, burst, rush in, Aeschin.; ἐμβάλωμεν εἰς ἄλλον λόγον Eur.
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.
3.c. gen., ἐμβάλεσθε τῶν λαγῴων fall upon the hare's flesh, Ar.
IV.Pass. of ships, to charge, Thuc.

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