σπαργᾰν-όω,
= σπάργω, wrap in σπάργανα (whether 1.1 or 1.2), σπαργανώσαντες πέπλοις [τὸν παῖδα] [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 955 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; swathe, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 584b4, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.83, +others: _metaphorically_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus “fragment” 26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; θρίοισι ταύτην (i.e. τὴν ἀμίαν) ἐσπαργάνωσα [[ 4th c.BC: Sotades Comicus 1.28 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀχύροις σ. [τὴν χιόνα] [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.691c] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 20, “Fract.” 22; βρέφος ἐσπαργανωμένον NT.Luke.2.12. ] NT+5th c.BC+]