ἐπιξέω
From LSJ
εἰς ἀναισχύντους θήκας ἐτράποντο → they resorted to disgraceful modes of burial, they lost all shame in the burial of the dead
English (LSJ)
A scrape or graze on the surface, Hp.VC14 (v.l. for ἐπιξύω), Aret.CD1.2; ἅλμασιν ἀκρωνύχοις τὴν πέτραν Hld.5.14: metaph., polish a poem, Vit.Apollon.Rhod.