The corpus record

ἐγκαθ-ίημι

egkathiemi

let down, send in, to be passed

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Where it lives

Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k

What it meant

ἐγκαθ-ίημι · enkath-iēmi — LSJ

let down

let down, ἐς τὴν χύτραν Ar. Lys. 308.

2 send in, to be passed

send in as agents, Plu. Pyrrh. 11:—Pass., of a catheter, to be passed, Ruf. Ren.Ves. 7.11.

II commit, entrust

commit, entrust, Ζεὺς ἐγκαθίει (for -ίησι) Λοξίᾳ θεσπίσματα A. Fr. 86.

In the wild

ἐγκαθήσονται · enkathēsontai Septuaginta, Exodus 23

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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