Ἔμπλην

[Meaning] I was/they were approaching.¹ There is a verb plw= [meaning] I approach, [from which comes] a derivative plh=mi, [and] the second aorist e)/plhn.² Also from plw= comes with reduplication piplw=, pi/plhmi,³ like stw=, i(stw=, i(/sthmi.⁴ Also plw=, plh/sw, plh/ths, and in composition teixesiplh/ths ["wall-approacher"],⁵ like bw=, bh/sw, bh/ths and diabh/ths ["compass"] and e)mpuribh/ths ["standing over a fire"].⁶ *plw=, plh/sw, plh=tos and pla/tos: plw= [comes] from pe/lw, plw=, like ke/lw, klw=.⁷ And from plw= [comes] plh/n, and with the prefix e)n-, e)/mplhn, an adverb signifying "near."⁸ But plh/n [meaning] "without" was produced by antiphrasis.⁹