ἐγκαταμίγνυμι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἐγκᾰτᾰμῑγνῠ́ω (enkătămīgnŭ́ō)
  • ἐγκᾰτᾰμείγνῡμῐ (enkătămeígnūmĭ), ἐγκᾰτᾰμειγνῠ́ω (enkătămeignŭ́ō)

Etymology

From ἐν- (en-) +‎ κᾰτᾰμῑ́γνῡμῐ (kătămī́gnūmĭ), literally to mix in among.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἐγκᾰτᾰμῑ́γνῡμῐ • (enkătămī́gnūmĭ)

  1. (active voice) to mix in with, mingle among; to integrate into an existing group or substance
    (with dative) to mix one thing with another
    • Timo, 33:
      καὶ νέον μηλήσεις ἐπιπλήξεσιν ἐγκαταμειγνύς
      kaì néon mēlḗseis epiplḗxesin enkatameignús
      and you will mix new provocations into your reproaches.
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, How to Write History 13:
      καὶ τὸ λευκὸν ἐγκαταμίξῃ πολὺ τῷ φαρμάκῳ
      kaì tò leukòn enkatamíxēi polù tōî pharmákōi
      and mixes a great deal of white into the pigment.
    • 50 CE – 150 CE, Achilles Tatius, 4 15:
      καὶ ἐγκαταμεῖξαι τῷ τῆς Λευκίππης ποτῷ
      kaì enkatameîxai tōî tês Leukíppēs potōî
      and to mix it into Leucippe’s drink.
    • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 6 2:
      τοῖς πολιτικοῖς ἐγκαταμιγνύντες λόχοις
      toîs politikoîs enkatamignúntes lókhois
      mixing them into the civic military units.
    • 170 CE – 240 CE, Herodian, 7 12.7:
      ἐγκαταμιξάντων ἑαυτοὺς τοῖς στρατιώταις
      enkatamixántōn heautoùs toîs stratiṓtais
      after mixing themselves in among the soldiers.
    • Epiph., Pan. 26.8.2:
      καὶ ἀρξάμενον αὐτῇ ἐγκαταμίγνυσθαι
      kaì arxámenon autēî enkatamígnusthai
      and beginning to mingle with her.
  2. (figurative) to interweave, blend (ideas, qualities, emotions)
    • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, 2 570:
      ἐὰν ἔτι κέντρον ἐγκαταμίξῃς τοῖς τωθασμοῖς ὑποκακόηθες
      eàn éti kéntron enkatamíxēis toîs tōthasmoîs hupokakóēthes
      if you further mix a somewhat malicious sting into your jests.
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, 2 414f:
      καταμιγνὺς ἀνθρωπίναις χρείαις
      katamignùs anthrōpínais khreíais
      by mixing [the divine] into human needs.
    • APl., 4 57:
      Λύσιππος χαλκῷ τ’ ἐγκατέμιξ’ ὀδύνην
      Lúsippos khalkōî t’ enkatémix’ odúnēn
      and Lysippus mixed pain into the bronze.
  3. (passive voice) to be mixed in or among; to be mingled with
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Aër. 6:
      ὅστις τῷ ὕδατι ἐγκαταμιγνύμενος τὸ λαμπρὸν ἀφανίζει
      hóstis tōî húdati enkatamignúmenos tò lampròn aphanízei
      which, when mixed into the water, destroys its clarity.
    • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Antidosis 10:
      πολλὰ δὲ καὶ τῶν ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ πάλαι γεγραμμένων ἐγκαταμεμιγμένα τοῖς νῦν λεγομένοις
      pollà dè kaì tôn hup’ emoû pálai gegramménōn enkatamemigména toîs nûn legoménois
      and many things written by me long ago have been mixed into what is now being said.
    • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, The Arrangement of Words 25:
      εἰς κόρον ἐγκαταμιγέντων τῇ ἀμέτρῳ λέξει
      eis kóron enkatamigéntōn tēî amétrōi léxei
      when they have been mixed in to excess into unrhythmic prose.

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