εἰσέχω

A. stretch into, κόλπος ἐκ τῆς βορηΐης θαλάσσης ἐσέχων ἐπὶ Αἰθιοπίης a bay running in from the north sea towards Ethiopia, Hdt. 2.11 ; ἡ μεγίστη τῶν διωρύχων ἐσέχει ἐς ποταμόν Id. 1.193 ; ἦν θάλαμος ἐσέχων ἐς τὸν ἀνδρεῶνα the chamber opened into the men's apartment, Id. 3.78 ; ἐς τὸν οἶκον ἐσέχων ὁ ἥλιος the sun shining into the house, Id. 8.137 : abs., ἐκ τοῦ Νείλου διώρυχες ἐσέχουσι (sc. ἐς τὴν γῆν) Id. 2.138.

II. in pictures, τὸ ἐσέχον is the retiring part, the shade, opp. ἐξέχον (the high lights), Philostr. VA 2.20.

b. στέρνα ἐσέχοντα hollow chests, Id. Gym. 35.