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ἐγκολπίζω

ἐγκολπίζω, to form a bay

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ἐγκολπίζουσι present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of ἐγκολπίζω

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ἐγκολπ-ίζω,
  • form a bay, ἠϊὼν ἐγκολπίζουσα Str. 5.4.5.
      • 2 go into or follow the bay, Id. 9.5.22.
      • 3 inject into the vagina, Aët. 1.126.
    • II Med., with pf. Pass., take in oneʼs bosom, ὥσπερ ἑρπετὰ τοὺς ἀπορρήτους λόγους Plu. Garr. 2.508d, cf. Plot. 1.4.6; embrace, θεὸς ἐγκεκόλπισται τὰ ὅλα Ph. 1.425; περίοδος πολλοὺς ἀγκῶνας ἐγκολπιζομένη a period embracing many turns of expression, D.H. Dem. 4 (vulg. ἐγκαλλωπιζομένη) ; [ἰχθῦς] ἐ. τῇ σαγήνῃ to catch fish in the belly of the net, Alciphr. 1.18.
      • 2 conceive, Porph. Gaur. 5.4.
      • 3 embrace in a bay, ἄκρα πολὺν-ομένη λιμένα Dion.Byz. 53.

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