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ἐνίημι 1 2 3

I.to send in or into, Hom.
2.to put in, implant, inspire, c. acc. rei et dat. pers., καί οἱ θάρσος ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἐνῆκε Il.; ἐνεὶς λύσσαν Eur.
3.reversely, c. acc. pers. et dat. rei, to plunge into, τὸν Ζεὺς ἐνέηκε πόνοισι Il.
4.generally, to throw in or upon, c. dat., Hom.:—of ships, to launch them into the sea, Od.:— metaph. to incite one to do a thing, c. inf., Mosch.
5.to send into the assembly, employ, Thuc.
6.to inject poison, Xen.
II.intr. to press on, id=Xen.

1 fut. -ήσω

2 aor1 -ῆκα

3 epic -έηκα

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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