to mount/board

Greek Verb

ἐπι-βαίνω [in LXX chiefly for רָכַב;] 1) to get up on, mount: before ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.21:5 (LXX); to embark in (a boat), go aboard: with dative, Act.27:2; before εἰς, Act.21:6 (Rec.); absol, Act.21:2. 2) to go up to, go on to, enter: before εἰς, Act.20:18 21:4; with dative, Act.25:1. (AS)

to mount/board

Greek Verb

ἐπιβαίνω, rarely ἐπηχ-βάω, imperative [Refs 6th c.BC+], Doric dialect infinitive ἐπιβῆν (belowIV): future -βήσομαι: perfect -βέβηκα: aorist 2 ἐπέβην: aorist 1 middle ἐπεβησάμην (of which Hom.always uses the Epic dialect form ἐπεβήσετο, imperative [Refs 8th c.BC+] A). in these tenses, intransitive, go upon: I). with genitive, set foot on, tread, walk upon, γαίης, ἠπείρου, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); ἐ. τῶν οὔρων set foot on the confines, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; πυρῆς ἐπιβάντ᾽ ἀλεγεινῆς, of a corpse, placed upon. , [Refs 8th c.BC+]. I.2). get upon, mount on, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέκτρων ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+], in aorist middle, [Refs 8th c.BC+], +others I.2.b). Architecture texts, to be superposed, [Refs], compare 111 (Lebad.). I.3). of Time, arrive at, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; δεκάτω (i.e. ἔτεος) ἐ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. I.4). metaphorically, ἀναιδείης ἐπέβησαν have trodden the path of shamelessness, [Refs 8th c.BC+] enter into joy, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); ἐ. δόξης entertain an expectation, [Refs] undertake it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τῆς ἀφορμῆς, τῆς προφάσεως, seize upon it, [Refs 2nd c.AD+], etc; preside over, τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης [Refs 4th c.AD+], +others II). with dative, get upon, board, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; land on, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: metaphorically, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, make forcible entry into, τινός οἰκίαις, γῇ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.b). with a preposition, ἐπὶ πύργῳ ἄλλος πύργος [Refs 5th c.BC+]. II.2). with dative person, set upon, assault, [Refs 6th c.BC+], etc; simply, approach, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3). trample on, [Refs 6th c.BC+]. III). with accusative loci, light upon, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] twice of gods lighting upon earth after their descent from Olympus, Πιερίην ἐπιβᾶσα, ἐπιβάς, [Refs 8th c.BC+] light on the fit time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; then simply, go on to a place, enter it, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (anapaest meter): with preposition, ἐ. ἐπὶ χώραν Decrees Amphict. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.2). rarely with accusative person, attack, only poetry, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3). mount, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: more frequently with preposition, ἐπὶ [Refs 5th c.BC+], of made quadrupeds, cover a female, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.4). ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸ σκέλος use, put one's weight on, a broken leg, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.5). with accusative of the Instr. of Motion (compare [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV). absolutely, get a footing, stand on one's feet, [Refs 8th c.BC+] it is forbidden to set foot here, [Refs] IV.2). step onwards, advance, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (assuming variant, Lyric poetry): me taph, advance in one's demands, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] IV.3). mount on a chariot or on horseback, be mounted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; go or be on board ship, [Refs 8th c.BC+] B). Causal in future -βήσω [Refs 2nd c.AD+], Epic dialect infinitive -βησέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+], but usually in aorist 1 active (ἐπιβιβάζω, ἐπιβάσκω serve as present):—make one mount, set him upon, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὥς κ᾽ ἐμὲ. ἐμῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλοίων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τινὰς ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς [Refs]: also in aorist 1 middle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. B.b). of things, νευρὰν ἐπέβασε κορώνας set the string on his bow's tip, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.2). metaphorically (compare[Refs 4th c.BC+] bring to great glory, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χαλιφρονέοντα σαοφροσύνης ἐπέβησαν they bring him to sobriety, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δουλοσύνας (probably) [Refs 5th c.BC+] had brought thee to full age, [Refs] B.3). [ἠὼς] πολέας ἐπέβησε κελεύθου dawn sets them on their way, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to walk upon, i.e. mount, ascend, embark, arrive; come (into), enter into, go abroad, sit upon, take ship; from g1909 (ἐπί) and the base of g939 (βάσις)