ἐμβάλλω,
I fut. -βᾰλῶ: pf. -βέβληκα: aor. 2 ἐνέβᾰλον (Pass. is mostly supplied by ἐμπίπτω): -
1. throw in, τινὰ πόντῳ Il. 14.258; μιν.. χερσὶν’ Ἀχιλλῆος θεὸς ἔμβαλεν let him fall into Achilles’ hands, 21.47; ἐ. νιν βροτοῦ ἀνέρος εὐνῇ 18.85; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς τὸ βάραθρον Ar. Ra. 574, Nu. 1450; εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον D. 53.14; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς συμφοράς Antipho 3.4.10; εἰς ἀτυχίας Aeschin. 3.79; εἰς αἰσχύνην καὶ ἀδικίαν Din. 3.7; εἰς ὑποψίαν Plu. Them. 23; ἐς γραφάς Ar. Ach. 679, cf. Hdt. 4.72, etc.; εἰς ἀπορίαν Pl. Phlb. 20a; εἰς ἔχθραν D. 18.70.
2. of things, ἵπποις χαλινοὺς ἐ. Thgn. 551, X. Eq. 6.7 (Pass.), 9.9, cf. Il. 19.394; πώλοις ἡνίας E. IT 1424; ἐ. ψήφους εἰς τὸν καδίσκον D. 57.13, cf. X. Cyr. 2.2.21; ἐ. μοχλόν (sc. εἰς τὴν θύραν) Id. An. 7.1.12; ἐ. σῖτον (sc. εἰς τὴν φάτνην) Id. Cyr. 8.1.38; τοῖς ὑποζυγίοις ἐ. throw food to.., Thphr. Char. 4.8; simply, lay or put in, [ ἱμάντα] οἱ ἔμβαλε χερσίν put it into his hands, Il. 14.218; ἐνέβαλον τῶν χρημάτων [εἰς τὸ κανοῦν ] Arist. Pol. 1304a3, cf. Ael. VH 11.5; hand in, submit a petition, PPetr. 3P. 39 (iii B.C.), etc.; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρά τινι slide one’s hand into another’s, Ar. V. 554; ἔμβαλλε χεῖρα δεξιάν as a pledge of good faith, S. Tr. 1181, cf. Ar. Ra. 754; ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν, to which Neoptolemus answers - ἐμβάλλω μενεῖν I give my pledge to remain, S. Ph. 813 (troch.).
3. freq. of the mind, ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἐ. Od. 19.10 (cf. infr. 111.2); εἰς νοῦν τινί Plu. Tim. 3; ἐ. ἵμερον, μένος τινί, Il. 3.139, 16.529; ἐ. νεῖκός τισι to throw in strife between them, 4.444; τισὶ λύσσαν ἐρισμοῦ Timo 28.3; ἐ. λόγον Pl. R. 344d; βουλὴν ἐ. περί τινος X. Cyr. 2.2.18 (and abs., ἐ. τινὶ περί τινος to give one advice on a thing, ib. 5.5.43 (nisi addendum [ βουλήν])) ; ἐ. πρᾶγμα εἰς γέλωτα καὶ λοιδορίαν D. 10.75.
4. throw upon or against, νηῒ κεραυνόν Od. 12.415; δαλὸν νήεσσι Il. 13.320; πέτρον στέρνῳ Pi. N. 10.68; [ Ἀχαιοὺς] πέτραις E. Hel. 1129 (lyr.); πῆχυν στέρνοις Id. Or. 1466 (lyr.); λίθον τινὶ εἰς κεφαλήν Antipho 5.26; πληγάς τινι X. An. 1.5.11, cf. Plu. Caes. 66; so ἐμβαλέτω ἰσχυρότατα (sc. πληγάς) let him lay on.., X. Eq. 8.4; ἐ. ἕλκεα to inflict them, Pi. Fr. 111; ἐ. πῦρ set fire to.., Th. 7.53; ἐ. ῥήγεα lay on blankets, Od. 4.298: metaph., ἐ. φόβον τινί strike fear into him, Hdt. 7.10. έ; ἄταν A. Th. 316 (lyr.); φροντίδας v.l. in Antipho 2.2.2; impose, ἔργα εἰς τὴν γῆν PTeb. 37.7 (Pass., i B. C.); of a fine, BCH 8.307 (Delos).
5. ἐ. ὦμον put one’s shoulder to the work, in archery, Hp. Fract. 2.
6. put into its place, to set a broken or dislocated limb, ib. 24 (Pass.), Art. 1, al., Arist. PA 685b6.
7. Medic., put in, ἀμυχάς, διαίρεσιν, Philum. Ven. 7.4, Antyll. ap. Orib. 45.24.4.
8. graft a tree, D. 53.15 (Pass.); but simply, plant, τὰ φυτά IG 12(7).62.29.
9. ἐ. τινί (sc. μάρμαρον) to throw at another, Il. 12.383.
10. insert a word or a letter, Pl. Prt. 343d, Cra. 414c, al.; εἰς κωμῳδίαν στίχον Plu. 2.334f.
11. ἐ. οἰκίαν τινί bring it down upon him, Ar. Ach. 511, cf. Nu. 1489.
12. τάφρον ἐ. make a trench, Plu. Pyrrh. 27, Ma 15.
13. pay, contribute, ἀργύριον IG 7.235.13 (Oropus); τροφάν GDI 1884.12 (Delph.).
14. denounce an offender, ἐς τὰν βωλάν SIG 527.103 (Dreros, iii B.C.).
15. intercalate a month, IG 12.76.53.
II intr. (sc. στρατόν),
1. make an inroad or invasion, v.l. for ἐσβ. in Hdt. 4.125, 5.15, 9.13, cf. X. Ages. 1.29; in full, ἐ. στράτευμα A. Th. 583, 1024: metaph., attack, Pl. Tht. 165d. generally, burst, rush in, ἐμβάλλειν εἰς τὴν ἀγοράν Aeschin. 2.164, Lycurg. 5, etc.; embark upon, ἐμβάλωμεν εἰς ἄλλον λόγον E. El. 962: c. dat., εἰκασίαις Hierocl. p.37 A.; βίβλοις μακραῖς καὶ δυσελίκτοις Jul. Or. 7.227b.
2. strike a ship with the ram (ἔμβολος 1.3), charge or ram it, νηΐ Hdt. 8.84, al., cf. 7.10. β; ἐ. ταῖς λοιπαῖς (sc. ναυσί) Th. 4.14; ξυνετύγχανε.. διὰ τὴν στενοχωρίαν τὰ μὲν ἄλλοις ἐμβεβληκέναι τὰ δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐμβεβλῆσθαι on one side had charged others, on the other had been charged themselves, Id. 7.70. of water, ἐ. τοῖς ὄρεσι to dash against them, Hdt. 2.28: abs., τὸ ὕδωρ ἐμβαλὸν τὰ χωρία ἐλυμήνατο D. 55.11.
3. κώπῃς ἐ. (sc. χεῖρας) lay oneself to the oars, Od. 10.129, cf. Pi. P. 4.201; ἐ. alone, pull hard, Ar. Eq. 602, Ra. 206, X. HG 5.1.13.
4. of a river, empty itself, εἰς.. Pl. Phd. 113c.
III Med.,
1. throw in what is one’s own, ὅρκον εἰς τὸν ἐχῖνον D. 49.65, cf. 27.51: abs., draw lots, SIG 1006.3 (Cos, iii B.C.).
2. metaph., μή μοι φύξιν ἐμβάλλεο θυμῷ Il. 10.447; μῆτιν ἐ. θ. 23.313; εἰς τὸν νοῦν ἐμβάλλεσθαί τι D. 18.68 (later in Act., PTaur. 4.9); τὸ καρτερὸν ἐμβαλόμενοι X. Cyr. 4.2.21 (cf. supr. 1.3).
3. c. gen., ἐμβάλλεσθε τῶν λαγῴων fall upon the hare’s flesh, Ar. Pax 1312.
4. put on board ship, PHib. 1.152 (iii B.C.), POxy. 1292.3 (i A.D.), Luc. VH 1.5, etc.
5. set to work upon, τῇ γεωργίᾳ PStrassb. 111.3 (iii B.C.). Pass., to be dashed against: of ships, charge (v. supr. 11.2), Th. 7.34, 70.