go down into, put oneself in
go down into, put oneself in, c. acc., κροκωτὸν σπάργανον ἐγκατέβα Pi. N. 1.38: c. dat., dub. l. in D.S. 14.28; εἰς . . Gal. UP 2.15: abs., Id. 8.686.
The corpus record
ἐγκατα-βαίνω
egkatabaino
go down into, put oneself in
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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