ἐπειςάγω

A. bring in besides or over, esp. of bringing in a second wife, ὁ παισὶν αὑτοῦ μητ ρυιὰν ἐπεισάγων Com.Adesp. 110.3; ἐ. [τὴν Κλεοπάτραν] τῇ Ὀλυμπιάδι Satyr. 5; ἐ. ἑταίρας εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν (i.e. besides one's wife), And. 4.14 (so in Med., γυναῖκα ἄλλην ἐπεισάγεσθαι ἐφ’ ὕβρει Δημητρίας PEleph. 1.8 (iv B.C.)); τινὰς εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον dub. in CIG 5187a25 (Ptolemais):—Pass., οἱ ἐπεισαχθέντες the newly made citizens, D.H. 2.56, cf. Luc. Nav. 33:—Med., introduce besides, νέους ἑταίρους Pl. R. 575d, cf. Plt. 293d.

2. bring in something new or strange, ἔξωθεν Aeschin. 1.166, etc.; ἐ. ἄλλην μηχανήν Plb. 32.5.11; νόμον introduce, Jul. Or. 2.88d:—Med., ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τόπους Plb. 10.28.3.

3. bring on besides, χορείαν ἢ τράπεζαν δευτέραν Antiph. 174.1; bring next upon the stage, Aeschin. 3.231; δρᾶμα Plb. 23.10.12.

4. Med., draw in, τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐπεισάγεσθαι ἐκ τοῦ ἀπείρου χρόνον τε καὶ πνοὴν καὶ τὸ κενόν Arist. Fr. 201.