ἐμπήγνῡμι,
fix or plant in, with dative, μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.40; ἐνέπαξαν ἕλκος ἑᾷ καρδίᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.91; ἐ. τι εἴς τι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 72, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 889b1; ὀδόντα εἴς τινα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.265 (Paul. Sil.), compare 11.374 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:— passive, with perfect and pluperfect active, to be fixed or stuck in, stick in, λόγχη τις ἐμπέπηγέ μοι δι᾽ ὀστέων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1226; ἔν τί σοι παγήσεται [prev. author] “V.” 437: _absolutely_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.8.3: _metaphorically_, ἐμπέπηγα τῷ διακονεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.25; ταῖς ἑαυτῶν περιουσίαις ἐμπηγνύμενοι 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 98 “Pr.” ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II congeal, freeze, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.12.2 (variant for{ἐκ-})] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be congealed, [[[prev. work] 1.22.7 (variant for{ἐκ-})] Refs]; freeze to death, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 603a27. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]