Εἰσφρήσειν
to let in
Translated by David Whitehead23 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to bring in, to admit. The word [is] common in the orators.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἰσφρήσειν· εἰσάξειν, εἰσδέξασθαι. πολὺ τοὔνομα παρὰ τοῖς ῥήτορσιν.
Betacode
*ei)sfrh/sein: ei)sa/cein, ei)sde/casqai. polu\ tou)/noma para\ toi=s r(h/torsin.
Notes
- The headword is future active infinitive of
ei)sfre/w . Harpokration s.v., from which this entry derives, says "the word [is] common in old comedy". While both assertions may be true, the later one (here and in Photius) is prima facie an error; it presumably stems from the fact that Harpok. has first cited Antiphon and Demosthenes. In Harpokration both glossing infinitives are in the future tense; the Suda follows Photius in presenting the aorist infinitiveei)sde/casqai .
Linked from4 entries
- ε2148Ἐπεισφρήσαςhaving come in besides[Meaning he] having entered besides. Also [sc. attested is the future] e)peisfrh/sw ["I will introduce besides"], [meaning] I will bring in besides.
- ει255Εἰσέφρουνthey were letting in[Meaning] they were admitting. "Having opened the gates they were letting in the army".
- ει331Εἰσφρήσασθαιto bring in[Meaning] to receive. Eunapios [writes]: "another Median arrow receiving on the other side below the lip stuck out somehow opposite." Meaning entering, going in.
- ει333Εἰσφρήσωσινthey were to admitMeaning they were to receive. "[... even if] they were to admit [someone/something] inside the holy [enclosures]."
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