ἔγκαρπ-ος, ον,
containing fruit, κάλυξιν ἐγκάρποις χθονός [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; fruitful, σπέρματα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of soil, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.4.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; γᾶν ἔγκαρπον φέρειν may the earth bear produce, [[ “SIG” 526.41 (from Crete)] Refs]; δένδρα [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.2e ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τέλη ἔγκαρπα tithe of produce, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 238: _metaphorically_, χρήσιμον καὶ ἔ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] fruitful, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.776b, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 39 (_superlative_)] Refs 1st c.AD+]. adverb -πως, διακεῖσθαι [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 7.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II ἔγκαρπα, τά, festoons of fruit on friezes or the capitals of columns, Latin encarpa, [[ 1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 4.1.7. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 ἔγκαρπα or ἔγκαρτα, ={τοὺς κεκουρευμένους πυρούς}, [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista Trag.4 (cited in 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]