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ἐμ-πρίω [ι_], Ep. ἐνιπ- ,
A.saw into, ὀστέον, vulg. for ἐκ-, Hp.VC21; τὸ οὖς ἐνέπρι_σε τοῖς ὀδοῦσι bit deep into it, D.S.10.17.
II. gnash together, ὀδόντας ἐμπεπρικώς having the teeth fixed in a bite, Id.17.92, v. l. in Luc.Somn.14; “ἐ. γένυν Χαλινοῖς” Opp.H.5.186, cf. C.2.261.
III. intr., bite, be pungent, σίνηπυν, ὀνόγυρον, etc., Nic.Al.533 (dub. l.), Th.71, al.
2. ἐμπρίων σφυγμός saw-like, hard pulse, Gal.8.474, Alex.Trall.6.1.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 10.17
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 17.92
    • Hippocrates, De capitis vulneribus, 21
    • Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, 14
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