διαχέω
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English (LSJ)
fut. -χεῶ, later
A -χύσω Gp.7.8.4: aor. -έχεα, Ep. -έχευα (the only tense used by Hom.):—pour different ways, scatter, τὸν χοῦν Hdt.2.150. b in Hom., cut up a victim into joints, αῖψ' ἄρα μιν διέχευαν Od.3.456, cf. Il.7.316, al.; χαλκὸς ἔγκατα διέχευεν Theoc.22.203. 2 disperse, τὰ συγκεκριμένα Pl.Phlb.46e; ἡ θερμότης δ. τὸ ὑγρόν Arist.Pr.869a15; melt, fuse, χαλκόν Paus.9.41.1; liquefy, opp. πηγνύναι, Pl.Ti.46d; νῆα . . διέχευαν ἄελλαι A.R.3.320; δ. ἀποστήματα disperse abscesses, Thphr.Od.59(61); δ. ἴχνη to destroy the scent, X.Cyn.5.3:—Pass., ib.8.1:—also Med., dissolve, Nic. Al.373. 3 metaph., confound, τὰ βεβουλευμένα Hdt.8.57. 4 put in a good humour, τινὰ ὁμιλίαις καὶ λόγοις Plu.2.74d, cf. Philostr. VS2.10.1, Hermog.Id.2.9. II more freq. in Pass., to be poured from one vessel into another, Hdt.6.119. 2 run through, spread, Th.2.75,76, Arist.Fr.243. 3 to be dissolved, liquefied, X.Cyn. 8.1, Arist.Pr.890b17, etc.; of a corpse, Hdt.3.16; disperse, of soldiers, X.HG7.4.34; of humours, Hp.Epid.4.45. 4 metaph., to be or become diffused or relaxed, εὐφραινόμενον -χεῖται, opp. λυπούμενον συσπειρᾶται, Pl.Smp.206d; ὑπὸ μέθης διακεχυμένος Id.Lg.775c, cf. Plb.8.27.4; [αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι] οὐ διαχέονται Epicur.Sent.30; μαλακὸν καὶ διακεχυμένον βλέπειν Arist.Phgn.813a26; φαιδρὸν καὶ δ. πρόσωπον Plu.Alex.19; τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ παθητικὸν διακεχυμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου Zeno ap.eund.2.82f, cf. Tryph. Trop.p.205S.
