The corpus record

ἐγκῠλίνδ-ω

egkulindo

roll, wrap up in, to be involved in

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Where it lives

Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k

What it meant

ἐγκῠλίνδ-ω · enkylind-ō — LSJ

roll, wrap up in

roll or wrap up in, πολλοῖς ἐμαυτὸν ἐγκυλῖσαι πράγμασιν Pherecr. 146.2; τι ἐς ἔριον Hp. l.c.

II to be involved in

metaph. in Pass., to be involved in, εἰς ἔρωτας ἐγκυλισθείς X. Mem. 1.2.22, cf. Vett.Val. l.c.; εἰς τὰς πολιτικὰς πράξεις D.H. 11.36; ἐν κακοῖς Porph. Chr. 26; πράγμασι Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.208:—in aor. Med., ἐγκυλίσασθαι Luc. Hipp. 6.

In the wild

ἐγκυλισθῶμεν · enkylisthōmen Septuaginta, Proverbia 7 (DIORISIS sentence 89)
ἐγκυλισθήσονται · enkylisthēsontai Septuaginta, Siracides 23
ἐνεκυλίσθης · enekylisthēs Septuaginta, Siracides 37
ἐγκυλισθέντας · enkylisthentas Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.22 (DIORISIS sentence 107)

Where it came from

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