A.= ἐγκύμων, Hdt.1.5, 6.131, Hp.Aph.5.42, etc.; πῶλος ἡσυχίης ἔγκυος, of the Trojan horse, AP9.156 (Antiphil.); γαστρὸς ἀπωσαμέναν μόρον ἔγκυον, of one dying in child-birth, Epigr Gr. 238 (Smyrna), cf. IG12(7).301 (Amorgos).
2. of plants, Arist. HA595b27.