The corpus record

ἐγκρούω

egkrouo

knock, hammer in, strike

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Where it lives

Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 2 · 1.37/10k

What it meant

ἐγκρούω · enkrouō — LSJ

knock, hammer in, strike

knock or hammer in, παττάλους εἰς τὸν τοῖχον Ar. V. 130; ἥλους εἰς τὰ ὑποδήματα Thphr. Char. 4.13; strike, ἐγκρούουσα ποσσὶ λάλους πτέρυγας, of the locust, AP 7.195.4 (Mel.).

II dance

dance, Ar. Ra. 374.

In the wild

ἐγκρουομένους · enkrouomenous Epictetus, Enchiridion 4 (DIORISIS sentence 23)
ἐγκρούσῃς · enkrousēis Septuaginta, Judices (cod. Al.) 16
ἐνέκρουσεν · enekrousen Septuaginta, Judices (cod. Al.) 4

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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