ἐγκον-έω,
A. to be quick and active, esp.in service, Hom. , onlypart. pres., with another Verb,ἐπεὶ στόρεσαν λέχος ἐγκονέουσαι in haste, Od. 7.340 , Il. 24.648 , cf. Critias Fr. 16
D. : later also in imper.,ἐγκόνει make haste! S. Aj. 988 , Ar. Ach. 1088 ; also ἐγκονῶμεν
S. Aj. 811
; ἐγκονεῖτε
Id. Tr. 1255
, E. HF 521 ;οὐ θᾶττον ἐγκονήσεις; Ar. Av. 1324 : c. acc. cogn.,κέλευθον ἥνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκόνει πάλιν hastenback the way by which thou camest, A. Pr. 962 : c.inf., Opp. H. 4.103 , Q.S. 1.157 . —Rare in Prose, Luc. Anach. 4 .
2. urge on, incite, κυσίν
AP 6.268
( Mnasalc. , s. v.l.).