ἐγκολπίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">form a bay</b>, ἠϊὼν ἐγκολπίζουσα <span class="bibl">Str.5.4.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">go into</b> or <b class="b2">follow the bay</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.9.5.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">inject into the vagina</b>, <span class="bibl">Aët.1.126</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Med., with pf. Pass., <b class="b2">take in one's bosom</b>, ὥσπερ ἑρπετὰ τοὺς ἀπορρήτους λόγους Plu.2.508d, cf. <span class="bibl">Plot. 1.4.6</span>; <b class="b2">embrace</b>, θεὸς ἐγκεκόλπισται τὰ ὅλα <span class="bibl">Ph.1.425</span>; <b class="b3">περίοδος πολλοὺς ἀγκῶνας ἐγκολπιζομένη</b> a period <b class="b2">embracing</b> many turns of expression, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>4</span> (vulg. <b class="b3">ἐγκαλλωπιζομένη</b>) <b class="b3">; [ἰχθῦς] ἐ. τῇ σαγήνῃ</b> <b class="b2">to catch</b> fish <b class="b2">in the belly</b> of the net, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">conceive</b>, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Gaur.</span>5.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">embrace in a bay</b>, ἄκρα πολὺν-ομένη λιμένα <span class="bibl">Dion.Byz.53</span>.</span>