to be quick and active; in service
Ancient Greek word, found 18 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 24.648: αἶψα δʼ ἄρα στόρεσαν δοιὼ λέχεʼ ἐγκονέουσαι.
Homer, Odyssey 7.340: αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ στόρεσαν πυκινὸν λέχος ἐγκονέουσαι,
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.812: ἦρί γε μὴν ἐπὶ νῆα κατήισαν ἐγκονέοντες·