ἐμβαίνω,
future -βήσομαι:
perfect -βέβηκα;
Epic dialect participle ἐμβεβᾰώς, -υῖα, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
aorist 2 ἐνέβη;
Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular ἔμβη [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
step in, μή τις. ἐμβήῃ let none
step in (so as to interfere), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
go on, go quickly, ἔμβητον, says Antilochus to his horses, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
advance! [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
embark on a ship, ἐρέται δ᾽ ἐν ἑκάστη πεντήκοντα ἐμβέβασαν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς ἕτερον πλοῖον ἐ. (variant for{ἐσβ-}) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
absolutely,
embark, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally,
step into, mount, εἰς τὸ φορεῖον [
Refs 1st c.AD+]:
perfect,
to be mounted on, ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασιν ἐμβεβαῶτα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
4)
step upon, τῷ δ᾽ ἐγὼ ἐμβαίνων [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; δαίμων ἐνέβη Περσῶν γενεᾷ
trampled upon it, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
absolutely,
tread on one's
toes, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare βοῦς viii.
5)
enter upon, ἐς τόνδε χρησμόν uncertain in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5.b)
metaphorically,
enter upon, embark in, μεγαλανορίαις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς δεινοῖς ἐμβεβηκώς
embarked, engaged in, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
light upon, εἰς ἀρχήν τε καὶ τύπον τῆς δικαιοσύνης [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
absolutely,
enter upon office, [
Refs]
6) rarely with
genitive,
step upon, νᾶος [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
7) Poets, with
accusative of the instrument of motion, ὄχοις. ἐμβεβὼς πόδα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ἄντλον ἐμβήσει (
2nd pers. singular) πόδα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
8)
to be fixed or
fastened, κατά τι [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
to be fixed in, εἰς ἐμπυελίδας [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
9) ={ἐμβατεύω}[
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II) causal in
aorist 1 ἐνέβησα,
make to step in, put in, ἐν δὲ τὰ μῆλα. ἐβήσαμεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
plunge him into anxiety, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
intransitive,
step, march or
dance, ὀρθῶς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]