ἐμ-βαίνω , ipf. ἔμβαινον, aor. 2 ἔμβη,
-ητον, subj. ἐμβήῃ, perf.
part. ἐμβεβαῶτα, -υῖα, plup. ἐμβέβασαν: set foot in, step
into or upon, mount, go on board;
ἔμβη νηὶ Πύλονδε, ‘embarked
for Pylos,’ Od. 4.656
; μή τις θεῶν ἐμβήῃ, ‘come
in thy way,’ Il. 16.94;
Antilochus to his horses, ἔμβητον καὶ
σφῶι, ‘go in!’ Il. 23.403; perf., stand
upon (see βαίνω), ἵπποισιν καὶ ἅρμασιν ἐμβεβαῶτα, Il. 5.199; of the leaden sinker
‘mounted’ upon the horn guard of a fish-hook,
Il. 24.81.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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