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κεἴ τις ὀφείλει τῷ δημοσίῳ, καὶ τούτους ἐγκαταμεῖξαι·
The verb ἐγκαταμεῖξαι is a hapax legomenon in the Attic corpus (unique to this passage in Aristophanes), formed from the rare compound ἐγκαταμιγνύμι. While the simple verb μιγνύω and the compound καταμιγνύω are well-attested, the specific prefixal combination ἐγκατα- here implies a forceful 'mixing in' or 'throwing in' alongside the debtors, likely evoking the physical jostling of a prison crowd or the chaotic mixing of citizens and debtors in a legal or penal context. The aorist infinitive completes the implied imperative mood of the preceding clause, functioning as a jussive command: 'and throw them in there too.'
Lysistrata. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.