The corpus record

ἐγκατα-πήγνῡμι

egkatapegnumi

thrust firmly in

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Where it lives

Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

thrust firmly in, planted, fixed, in, having fixed, on

thrust firmly in, ξίφος . . κουλεῷ ἐγκατέπηξʼ Od. 11.98; ἐν δὲ σκόλοπας κατέπηξεν planted or fixed them in, Il. 9.350; τὴν κεφαλὴν δόρατι ἐ. having fixed it on, Hdn. 1.13.4.

2 sheathe

sheathe, ξίφος Plu. Par.min. 2.313e.

In the wild

ἐγκατέπηξʼ · enkatepēxʼ Odyssey 11.98

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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