ἔγκῠος, ον,
(κύω) ={ἐγκύμων}, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5, 6.131, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.42, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῶλος ἡσυχίης ἔγκυος, of the Trojan horse, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.156 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus); γαστρὸς ἀπωσαμέναν μόρον ἔγκυον, of one dying in child-birth, “Epigr Gr.” 238 (from Smyrna),compare “IG” 12(7).301 (from Amorgos). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 of plants, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 595b27. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]