Ἐγκισσήσωσι

they would yearn to be pregnant

Translated by David Whitehead17 Jun 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] they would conceive, they will desire [sc. this state].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐγκισσήσωσι· συλλάβωσιν, ἐπιθυμήσουσιν.

Betacode

*)egkissh/swsi: sulla/bwsin, e)piqumh/sousin.

Same or similar entry in other lexica. The headword -- aorist subjunctive of the verb e)gkissa/w (cf. kappa 1677), in the third person plural -- is quoted from Genesis 30.39 (on Jacob's methods of animal husbandry).