ἐνσκίμπτω

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English (LSJ)

poet. ἐνισκ-, Ep. and Lyr. form of ἐνσκήπτω,

   A lean upon, οὔδει ἐνισκίμψαντε καρήατα, of horses hanging their heads in grief for their master's loss, Il.17.437; fix, plant in, βέλος ἐνισκ. τινί A.R.3.153; ἐ. βολῇσι smite with its beams, of dawn, Id.4.113:— Pass., stick in, δόρυ οὔδει ἐνεσκίμφθη Il.16.612.    II hurl upon one, κεραυνὸς ἐνέσκιμψε μόρον Pi.P.3.58 (v.l. ἐνέσκηψε) ; ὁππότ' ἀνίας . . πραπίδεσσιν ἐνισκίμψωσιν Ἔρωτες A.R.3.765; of a snake, ἐνισκ. ἰόν Nic.Th.140; βλοσυρὸν δάκος ib.336.