ἐγκύμων

egkymon

pregnant

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Theaetetus 3
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148e7
151b2
210b11
Symposium 2
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208e2
209b1
Epinomis 1
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979a6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐγκύμων, ον, gen. ονος, (κῦμα B) A. pregnant, X. Cyn. 7.2, Arist. HA 546b10, etc.; ἐ. γενέσθαι ὑπό τινος Id. Fr. 76; ἵππος ἐ. τευχέων big with arms, of the Trojan horse, E. Tr. 11; ἐ. ἄμυλος Pl.Com. 174.8; πόα ἐ. σπέρματος Dsc. 3.7: metaph., of the mind, Pl. Smp. 209b, Ph. 1.651, etc.; καμάτων ἐγκύμονα βίβλον AP 9.210.

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