ἐμβάλλω
Infl. fut. -βα^λῶ
Infl. perf. -βέβληκα
Infl. aor2 ἐνέβα^λον
Etym. ἐν
I. "to throw in, put in", Il., etc.; ἐμβ. τινὰ εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον "to throw" one into prison, Dem.; ἔμβαλλε χεῖρα δεξιάν, as a pledge of good faith, Soph.
2. ἐμβ. τινί τι θυμῷ "to put" it "into" his mind, Hom.; so, ἐμβ. ἵμερον, μένος τινί id=Hom.; βουλὴν ἐμβ. περί τινος "to give" one counsel about a thing, Xen.
3. "to throw at, upon or against", νηῒ κεραυνόν Od.; ἐμβ. πληγάς "to inflict" stripes, Xen.; ἐμβ. πῦρ to "apply" it, Thuc.:— metaph., ἐμβ. φόβον τινί "to strike" fear into him, Lat. incutere timorem, Hdt.
II. intr. (sub. στρατόν) "to make an inroad or invasion", id=Hdt.
b. generally "to break, burst, rush in", Aeschin.; ἐμβάλωμεν εἰς ἄλλον λόγον Eur.
2. "to strike" a ship "with the ram, to charge or ram" it, c. dat., Hdt., Thuc.
3. κώπῃ ἐμβάλλειν (sub. χεῖρας) "to lay oneself" to the oar, Lat. incumbere remis, Od.; and ἐμβάλλειν alone, "to lay to, pull hard", Ar.
4. of a river, "to empty itself", Plat.
III. Mid. "to throw in what is one's own", Dem.
2. metaph., ἐμβάλλεσθαί τι θυμῷ "to lay" it to heart, consider it, Il.
3. c. gen., ἐμβάλεσθε τῶν λαγῴων "fall upon" the hare's flesh, Ar.
IV. Pass. of ships, "to charge", Thuc.