- ἔγκειμαι
- to cling
- 1. to lie in, be wrapped in clothes , [8th/7th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]
2. ἔγκεισθαί τινι to be involved in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC]
3. to press upon , of troops pressing upon the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC]:—;with an adj. or adv., πολλὸς ἐνέκειτο was very urgent , [Refs 5th c.BC]; πολὺς ἔγκειται he insists much upon a thing, c. dat., [Refs 4th c.BC]
4. to be devoted to one, [Refs 3rd c.BC] (ML)