ἐγκυβιστάω

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Τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ χρήσαιτο ἄν τις ἐπ' ἐκείνων τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἳ παραδόξως ἀλαζονεύονται, μηδὲ τὰ κοινὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐπιτελεῖν δυνάμενοι → One would use this fable for those who give themselves unreasonable airs, but can't handle everyday life (Aesop 40)

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Full diacritics: ἐγκῠβιστάω Medium diacritics: ἐγκυβιστάω Low diacritics: εγκυβιστάω Capitals: ΕΓΚΥΒΙΣΤΑΩ
Transliteration A: enkybistáō Transliteration B: enkybistaō Transliteration C: egkyvistao Beta Code: e)gkubista/w

English (LSJ)

A plunge headlong into, πράγμασιν Suid. s.v. κύβος.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐγκῠβιστάω: κυβιστῶ, πηδῶ κατὰ κεφαλὴν ἐντός τινος, «ἐγκυβιστᾶν τοῖς πράγμασι, τὸ ῥιψοκινδύνως τι πράττειν» Σουΐδ. ἐν λέξει κύβος.

Spanish (DGE)

1 tirarse de cabeza c. dat. τούτῳ (τῷ φρέατι) Anon.Mirac.Thecl.19.24, θαλάσσῃ Eust.1543.41.
2 precipitarse, lanzarse, meterse de lleno fig., c. dat. μᾶλλον αὐτοῖς (νόμοις) αἱ πονηραὶ φύσεις ἐνεκυβίστησαν Synes.Ep.73 (p.130), βυθῷ θαυμάτων ἐγκυβιστῶν Antip.Bost.Io.Bapt.3, ἐγκυβιστᾶν τοῖς πράγμασιν Sud.s.u. κύβος.