ἐγκονέω

English (LSJ)

   A to be quick and active, esp. in service, Hom., only part. pres., with another Verb, ἐπεὶ στόρεσαν λέχος ἐγκονέουσαι in haste, Od.7.340, Il.24.648, cf. Critias Fr.16 D.: later also in imper., ἐγκόνει make haste! S.Aj.988, Ar.Ach.1088; also ἐγκονῶμεν S.Aj.811; ἐγκονεῖτε Id.Tr.1255, E.HF521; οὐ θᾶττον ἐγκονήσεις; Ar.Av.1324: c. acc. cogn., κέλευθον ἥνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκόνει πάλιν hasten back the way by which thou camest, A.Pr.962: c. inf., Opp.H.4.103, Q.S.1.157. —Rare in Prose, Luc.Anach.4.    2 urge on, incite, κυσίν AP6.268 (Mnasalc., s. v.l.).