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ἐμπείρω

empeiro

fix on, in, fixed

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Where it lives

Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k

What it meant

ἐμπείρω · empeirō — LSJ

fix on, in, fixed

fix on or in, ἥλους ἐκπώματι Ath. 11.488d (Pass.); [δόρατος] ἐμπαρέντος ταῖς πύλαις Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.298a; of fish bones in the throat, Aët. 8.53 (Pass.); ἐμπεπαρμένος πόνος fixed pain, Archig. ap. Gal. 8.91.

2 impale, studded

impale, ὡς ἐμπαρείη ταῖς ἑαυτοῦ λόγχαις J. AJ 16.10.3; ἥλοις ἐμπεπαρμένη βακτηρία studded, Alciphr. 3.55.

metaph., ψυχὴ τοῖς ἀλόγοις πάθεσιν ἑαυτὴν ἐ. Simp. in Epict. p.125D.:—Pass., ibid.

In the wild

ἐμπεπαρμένον · empeparmenon Aristophanes, Acharnians 795 (DIORISIS sentence 601)

Where it came from

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