ἐντήκω
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
English (LSJ)
A pour in while molten, μόλιβδον D.S.2.8; ἐ. μόλιβδον [τῇ κεφαλῇ] Plu.CG17: metaph., ἐ. τέτανον τερπνόν v. l. in Ar.Lys. 553. II Pass., with pf. Act. ἐντέτηκα, to be dissolved in, ὕδατι Aët.9.42. 2 to be cast, ἀνδριάντα χαλκῷ ἐντετηκότα D.Chr.64.4: but usu., 3 metaph., of feelings, sink deep in, μῖσος ἐντέτηκέ μοι S.El.1311, cf. Pl.Mx.245d; τὸ δέος ἐντετηκὸς ταῖς ψυχαῖς D.H.6.72; ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἐντέτηκεν ἡ δεισιδαιμονία D.S.1.83; ἐντήκεται γὰρ πλευμόνων ὅσοις ἔνι ψυχή (sc. Κύπρις) sinks in . . as the breath of life, S.Fr. 941.7. 4 of persons, οὐδ' ἂν εἰ κάρτ' ἐντακείη τῷ φιλεῖν should be absorbed by love, Id.Tr.463; θρήνοισιν ἐντακεῖσα Lyc.498.
