The corpus record

ἐγκάθ-ημαι

egkathemai

sit in, on, lie in ambush

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Where it lives

Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
Deuteronomium 5 · 2.24/10k
Numeri 5 · 2.17/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Exodus 3 · 1.27/10k
Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 1 · 0.68/10k
Parmenides 1 · 0.66/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

sit in, on, lie in ambush, lie in, lie couched in, take oneʼs stand upon

sit in or on, X. Eq. 1.11; lie in ambush, ἐν τοῖς τρίβωσιν Ar. Ach. 343, cf. Th. 600; ἐ. καὶ ἐνεδρεύειν Aeschin. 3. 206; of garrisons, lie in a place, Plb. 18.11.6, J. BJ 5.1.2; lie couched in, as the men in the Trojan horse, Pl. Tht. 184d: metaph., ἐ. μεταξύ . . Id. Prm. 156d; ἐγκαθημένον ταῖς ψυχαῖς τοῦ φόβου Plb. 2.23.7; ἐμπόδιον ἐγκαθήμενον Plot. 6.9.7; take oneʼs stand upon, τῷ ῥητῷ Mich. in EN 68.31.

In the wild

ἐγκάθηται · enkathētai Plato, Parmenides 156
ἐγκάθηνται · enkathēntai Plato, Theaetetus 184
ἐγκαθημένην · enkathēmenēn Plotinus, Enneads 6.7 (DIORISIS sentence 5813)
ἐγκαθήμενον · enkathēmenon Plotinus, Enneads 6.9 (DIORISIS sentence 6469)
ἐνεκάθησθε · enekathēsthe Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 1
ἐνεκάθησθε · enekathēsthe Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 1

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Where it came from

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