I.bulk, size, mass, Lat. moles, Plat., etc.
2.a bulk, mass, heap, ὄ. φρυγάνων a heap of fagots, Hdt.; σμικρὸς ὄ. ἐν σμικρῷ κύτει, of a dead man's ashes, Soph.; ὅ. γαστρός, of a child in the womb, Eur.
II.metaph. weight, trouble, Soph.
2.weight, importance, dignity, pride, and in bad sense self-importance, pretension, id=Soph., Eur., etc.
From Root ΕΓΚ, in ἐνεγκεῖν to bear.
