The corpus record

ἐμπήγνῡμι

empegnumi

fix, plant in, to be fixed

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Where it lives

Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Athenian Constitution 2 · 1.23/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 1 · 0.68/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
Regnorum I 1 · 0.54/10k

What it meant

ἐμπήγνῡμι · empēgnymi — LSJ

fix, plant in, to be fixed, stuck in, stick in

fix or plant in, c. dat., μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξε Il. 5.40; ἐνέπαξαν ἕλκος ἑᾷ καρδίᾳ Pi. P. 2.91; ἐ. τι εἴς τι Hp. Art. 72, Arist. Pr. 889b1; ὀδόντα εἴς τινα AP 5.265 (Paul.Sil.), cf. 11.374 (Maced.):— Pass., with pf. and plpf. Act., to be fixed or stuck in, stick in, λόγχη τις ἐμπέπηγέ μοι διʼ ὀστέων Ar. Ach. 1226; ἔν τί σοι παγήσεται Id. V. 437: abs., Thphr. HP 1.8.3: metaph., ἐμπέπηγα τῷ διακονεῖν Diph. 43.25; ταῖς ἑαυτῶν περιουσίαις ἐμπηγνύμενοι Just. Nov. 98Pr.

II congeal, freeze, to be congealed, freeze to death

congeal, freeze, Thphr. CP 5.12.2 (v.l. for ἐκπήγνυμι):—Pass., to be congealed, ib. 1.22.7 (v.l. for ἐκπήγνυμι); freeze to death, Arist. HA 603a27.

In the wild

ἐμπέπηγέ · empepēge Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 932)
ἐμπήγνυσι · empēgnysi Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..64 (DIORISIS sentence 771)
ἐμπηγνύων · empēgnyōn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..64 (DIORISIS sentence 772)
ἐνέπηξεν · enepēxen Septuaginta, Judices (cod. Al.) 3
ἐμπεπηγὸς · empepēgos Septuaginta, Regnorum I 26 (DIORISIS sentence 599)
ἐνέπηξεν · enepēxen Septuaginta, Regnorum II 18

Where it came from

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