The corpus record

ἐγκατα-δύνω

egkataduno

set upon, sink beneath, sink, be absorbed in

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What it meant

ἐγκατα-δύνω · enkata-dynō — LSJ

set upon, sink beneath, sink, be absorbed in, to be immersed in

set upon a place, Hp. Aër. 6; sink beneath, ὕδασιν AP 7.532 (Isid.); μυχόν Opp. H. 1.153: abs., sink, be absorbed in, Archig. ap. Aët. 3.167, Gal. 7.217: metaph., to be immersed in, c. dat., Dam. Pr. 10:—Med., τοῖς οἰκείοις ἐπιτηδεύμασι Procop. Arc. 1.

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