The corpus record

ἔγκληρ-ος

egkleros

having a lot

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Where it lives

Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k

What it meant

ἔγκληρ-ος · enklēr-os — LSJ

having a lot, share in, an equal share with

having a lot or share in . . , c. gen., οὔθʼ ὑμεναίων ἔ. S. Ant. 814 (lyr.); λαχεῖν ἔγκληρά τινι to have an equal share with . . , ib. 837 (lyr., dub.).

2 having a share of an inheritance, heir, heiress, which brings wealth, possessed as an inheritance

having a share of an inheritance, heir or heiress, E. IT 682; ἔ. εὐνή a marriage which brings wealth, Id. Hipp. 1011; ἔ. πεδία land possessed as an inheritance, Id. HF 468.

3 occupying a κλῆρος

Astrol., occupying a κλῆρος, Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).225.

In the wild

ἔγκληρα · enklēra Euripides, Heracles 467–469
ἔγκληρον · enklēron Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 369)
ἔγκληρον · enklēron Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 4
ἔγκληρον · enklēron Sophocles, Antigone 810–816

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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