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ἐγκλάω

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: enkláō Transliteration B: enklaō Transliteration C: egklao Beta Code: e)gkla/w

English (LSJ)

Ep. ἐνικλάω, aor. ἐνέκλασα,

   A thwart, frustrate, μοι ἔωθεν ἐνικλᾶν ὅττικεν εἴπω Il.8.408; ἦε τίς ἄτη σωομένους . . ἐνέκλασεν; A.R. 3.307; later lit., break in, σιλφίον ἐ. Hp.Mul.2.133:—Pass., φωνὴ ἐγκεκλασμένη weak voice, Phld.Mus.p.80 K.    II Pass., to be bent, inclined, Apollod.Poliorc.187.16; of the eyes of swine, Plu.2.671a (s. v.l.); of a diadem, Heraclit.Ep.8.1.

German (Pape)

[Seite 708] (s. κλάω), einbrechen, hemmen, Sp., s. ἐνικλάω.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐγκλάω: ἴδε ἐνικλάω.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
épq. ἐνικλάω;
interrompre, entraver.
Étymologie: ἐν, κλάω.

English (Autenrieth)

see ἐνικλάω.

Spanish (DGE)

• Alolema(s): ép., poét. ἐνικλάω Il.8.408, Call.Fr.75.22
I tr. en v. act.
1 majar σίλφιον Hp.Mul.2.133.
2 doblar en v. pas., fig. φωνὴ ἐγκεκλασμένη voz con modulaciones Phld.Mus.4.14.25 (en paráfrasis a Ar.Nu.979)
obligar a volver c. dat. ἦέ τις ἄτη σωομένοις μεσσηγὺς ἐνέκλασεν; ¿o es que una Ate a vosotros, en trance de salvaros, os hizo dar la vuelta a medio camino? A.R.3.307.
3 replicar, recriminar αἰεὶ γάρ μοι ἔωθεν ἐνικλᾶν ὅττι κεν εἴπω siempre suele replicarme cuando hablo, Il.l.c.
4 torcer, truncar γάμον Call.l.c.
I intr. en v. med.
1 en v. med. alabearse, doblarse hacia adentro τὰ ὄμματα τῶν ὑῶν ... ἐγκεκλάσθαι Plu.2.671a, μήτε ἀποχωρεῖν μήτε ἐγκλᾶσθαι δυναμέναι de los soportes de una máquina de guerra, Apollod.Poliorc.187.16.
2 inclinarse como signo de sometimiento τὰ παρὰ πάσης τῆς οἰκουμένης διαδήματα ... ἐγκλώμενα Heraclit.Ep.8.

Greek Monolingual

ἐγκλάω και επ. τ. ἐνικλάω (Α)
1. εμποδίζω, ματαιώνω
2. σπάω
3. παθ. κλίνω, γέρνω, χαμηλώνω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐγκλάω: эп. ἐνικλάω досл. ломать, перен. уничтожать, разрушать (τι Hom.).