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εἰσβι^άζομαι ,
A.force one's way into, “εἰς τὰ πρῶτα γένη” Plu.Num.I; “πρός τινα” D.S.14.9; “ἐς τὸν Βόσπορον” D.C.42.47.
2.force oneself in, “ὁ μὲν γὰρ ὢν οὐκ ἀστὸς ἐσβιάζεται” Ar.Av.32; τῶν αὑτοὺς εἰσβιαζομένων.. ποιεῖσθαι who force [others] to adopt them into a family, D. 39.33, cf.CIG2685（Iasos), OGI736.6(Fayûm), PPetr.3p.39(iii B.C.), etc.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 32
    • Demosthenes, Against Boeotus 1, 33
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 14.9
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 42.47
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