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εἴσειμι 1 2 3

I.to go into, οὐκ Ἀχιλῆος ὀφθαλμοὺς εἴσειμι I will not come before Achilles' eyes, Il.:—more commonly with a prep., εἰς. μετ᾽ ἀνέρας Od.; παρὰ βασιλέα Hdt.; εἰς . . or πρός . . , id=Hdt., attic; εἰς. εἰς σπονδάς to enter into a treaty, Thuc.
II.of the chorus or of actors, to come upon the stage, to enter, Plat.
2.as attic law-term, to come into court, Dem.
3.to enter on an office, ἐσιών the new king, Hdt.
III.metaph. to come into one's mind, c. acc., id=Hdt., attic, Eur.; also c. dat., id=Eur.:— impers., εἰσῄει αὐτοὺς ὅπως . . , it came into their minds that . . , Xen.
IV.of things, τὰ εἰσιόντα what enters into one, food, id=Xen.

1 inf. -ιέναι

2 serving as fut. to εἰσέρχομαι

3 imperf. εἰσῄειν

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