The corpus record

ἐκγλύφω

ekglupho

scoop out, hatch

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Where it lives

Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ἐκγλύφω · ekglyphō — LSJ

scoop out

scoop out, τὸν χόνδρον Meges ap. Orib. 44.24.1 : pf. Pass. ἐξέγλυμμαι Pl. R. 616d ; part. ἐκγεγλυμμένη Gal. 18(2).618.

II hatch

hatch, τὰ νεόττια Ael. NA 2.33 :—Med., ᾠὰ ἐξεγλύψαντο Plu. TG 17 :—also intr. in Act., τὰ ᾠὰ διὰ καʹ (sc. ἡμερῶν) ἐκγλύφει Gp. 14.7.28.

In the wild

ἐξεγλυμμένῳ · exeglymmenōi Plato, Republic 10.616 (DIORISIS sentence 6314)

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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