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ἐγκυκλ-έομαι

egkukleomai

roll, rotate in, to be cooped up

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What it meant

ἐγκυκλ-έομαι · enkykl-eomai — LSJ

roll, rotate in

roll or rotate in the sockets, of the joints, Hp. de Arte 10.

II to be cooped up

in com. sense, to be cooped up, οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅπῃ ἐγκεκύκλησαι Ar. V. 699.

III surround

Med., surround, Plu. TG 5; τοὺς ἀμφὶ πλουσίαν τράπεζαν - κυκλουμένους Id. Adul. 2.50d.

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