ἐγκύρω
ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον → how God ever brings like men together | birds of a feather flock together | how the god always leads like to like | as ever, god brings like and like together | as always the god brings like to like
English (LSJ)
[ῡ], impf. ἐνέκῡρον: fut. ἐγκύρσω: aor. ἐνέκυρσα:—Pass., ἐγκύρομαι: ἐγκῠρέω, aor. 1 ἐνεκύρησα, lessfreq. in early writers, Heraclit. 72, freq. in Phld. as Sign.21, al., cf. Plb. and D.H. (v. infr.), Ael. Tact.1.2:—
A fall in with, light upon, meet with, c.dat., ἐνέκυρσε φάλαγξι Il.13.145; ἐγκύρσας ἀάτῃσιν Hes.Op.216; ὁκοίοις ἐγκυρέωσιν ἔργμασι Archil.70; ἐγκύρσαις (Aeol. aor. 1 part.) ἑκατονταετεῖ βιοτᾷ Pi.P.4.282, cf. 1.100; δύᾳ B.Fr.21; τμητοῖς ὁλκοῖς ἐγκῦρσαι S.El.863 (lyr.); στρατῷ ἐνέκυρσε ἀμφοτέρῃσι τῇσι μοίρῃσι Hdt.4.125; ἐνεκύρησαν στρατῷ Id.7.218, cf. Plb.8.35.5, etc.; δυσχωρίαις ἐγκυρήσαντες D.H.3.59; τυράννοις Phld.Ir.p.30 W.: in Hdt.7.208, c. gen., ἀλογίης ἐνέκυρσε πολλῆς (here Valck. proposed ἐκύρησε, which has been received by edd.): c. acc., Ἅιδαν ἐγκύρσαντες ἀλάμπετον Epigr.Gr.241 (Smyrna). —Not in Att. Prose, once in Com., ἐγκυρῆσαι Cratin.35.
