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ἐγκλάω

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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145
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Full diacritics: ἐγκλάω Medium diacritics: ἐγκλάω Low diacritics: εγκλάω Capitals: ΕΓΚΛΑΩ
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.