The corpus record

ἐγκολ-άπτω

egkolapto

cut, carve upon

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Where it lives

Regnorum III 2 · 1.05/10k
Histories 6 · 0.33/10k

What it meant

ἐγκολ-άπτω · enkol-aptō — LSJ

cut, carve upon

cut or carve upon stone, ἐ. γράμματα ἐς τὸν τάφον Hdt. 1.187, cf. IG 1(2).313.166; ἐν τᾷ στάλᾳ ib. 12(1).694.9 (Camirus); τύποι ἐν πέτρῃσι ἐγκεκολαμμένοι, γράμματα ἐν λίθῳ ἐγκ., Hdt. 2.106, 136, al., cf. LXX 3 Ki. 6.33(35); ἐπὶ τρίποσι Hdt. 5.59; ἐπὶ πίνακος Suid. s.v. βοῦς ἕβδομος; εἰς τὸ μέτωπον Plu. Per. 21: metaph., [νόμους] ἡ φύσις κατὰ μέσης ἐνεκόλαψε τῆς ψυχῆς Lib. Decl. 43.49.

In the wild

ἐνεκόλαψε · enekolapse Herodotus, Histories 1.187.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1318)
ἐνεκεκόλαπτο · enekekolapto Herodotus, Histories 1.93.3 (DIORISIS sentence 680)
ἐγκεκολαμμένοι · enkekolammenoi Herodotus, Histories 2.106.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2272)
ἐγκεκολαμμένα · enkekolammena Herodotus, Histories 2.106.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2275)
ἐγκεκολαμμένα · enkekolammena Herodotus, Histories 2.136.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2525)
ἐγκεκολαμμένα · enkekolammena Herodotus, Histories 5.59.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5742)

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