1. to lie in, be wrapped in clothes , (Iliad by Homer) 2. ἔγκεισθαί τινι to be involved in a thing, (Euripides) 3. to press upon , of troops pressing upon the enemy, (Thucydides):—;with an adjective or adverb, πολλὸς ἐνέκειτο was very urgent , (Herdotus Historicus); πολὺς ἔγκειται he insists much upon a thing, with dative, (Demosthenes Orator) 4. to be devoted to one, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
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egkeimai · to cling · Greek
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