ἔγκειμαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐν- (en-) +‎ κεῖμαι (keîmai). Serves as the passive of ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éŋ.keː.mai̯/ → /ˈeɲ.ɟi.mɛ/ → /ˈeɲ.ɟi.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /éŋ.keː.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ki.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɲ.ɟi.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɲ.ɟi.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈeɲ.ɟi.me/

Verb

ἔγκειμαι • (énkeimai)

1. to lie in, be wrapped in (clothes)
2. to be involved in
3. to press upon (an enemy)
4. to be urgent
5. to insist upon
6. to be devoted to

Inflection

   Present: ἔγκειμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἔγκειμαι	ἔγκεισαι	ἔγκειται	ἔγκεισθον	ἔγκεισθον	ἐγκείμεθα	ἔγκεισθε	ἔγκεινται
	subjunctive	ἐγκῶμαι	ἐγκέῃ	ἐγκέηται/ἔγκειται	ἐγκέησθον	ἐγκέησθον	ἐγκώμεθᾰ	ἐγκέησθε	ἐγκέωνται/ἐγκείωνται
	optative	ἐγκοίμην	ἐγκοῖο	ἐγκοῖτο	ἐγκοῖσθον	ἐγκοίσθην	ἐγκοίμεθᾰ	ἐγκοῖσθε	ἐγκοῖντο
	imperative		ἔγκεισο	ἐγκείσθω	ἔγκεισθον	ἐγκείσθων		ἔγκεισθον	ἐγκείσθων
infinitive						ἔγκεισθαι/ἐγκέεσθαι
participle	m					ἐγκείμενος
	f					ἐγκειμένη
	n					ἐγκείμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐνεκείμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐνεκείμην	ἐνέκεισο	ἐνέκειτο	ἐνέκεισθον	ἐνεκείσθην	ἐνεκείμεθα	ἐνέκεισθε	ἐνέκειντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐγκείμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐγκείμην	ἔγκεισο	ἔγκειτο	ἔγκεισθον	ἐγκείσθην	ἐγκείμεθα	ἔγκεισθε	ἔγκειντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ἐγκείσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐγκείσομαι	ἐγκείσῃ, ἐγκείσει	ἐγκείσεται	ἐγκείσεσθον	ἐγκείσεσθον	ἐγκεισόμεθᾰ	ἐγκείσεσθε	ἐγκείσονται
	optative	ἐγκεισοίμην	ἐγκείσοιο	ἐγκείσοιτο	ἐγκείσοισθον	ἐγκεισοίσθην	ἐγκεισοίμεθᾰ	ἐγκείσοισθε	ἐγκείσοιντο
					middle
infinitive					ἐγκείσεσθαι
participle	m				ἐγκεισόμενος
	f				ἐγκεισομένη
	n				ἐγκεισόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ἔγκειμαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔγκειμαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔγκειμαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἔγκειμαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἔγκειμαι”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἔγκειμαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔγκειμαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • attack idem, page 49.
  • emphasise idem, page 269.
  • imbed idem, page 417.
  • inhere idem, page 440.
  • insist idem, page 445.
  • instant idem, page 446.
  • involve idem, page 458.
  • lash idem, page 477.
  • press idem, page 637.
  • stress idem, page 825.
  • threaten idem, page 869.
  • urgent idem, page 939.
  • vehemently idem, page 946.