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ἐγγνάμπτω

eggnampto

bend in

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What it meant

ἐγγνάμπτω · engnamptō — LSJ

bend in

bend in, ἐν δὲ γόνυ γνάμψεν, i.e. caught the back of the knee with his foot so as to trip him up and throw him, Il. 23.731.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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