ἐπιρρέω

English (LSJ)

late fut.

   A -ρρεύσω HeroSpir.1.9: aor. 1 Act. -ερρευσα Procop.Aed.4.6: pf. -έρρευκα Gal. ap. Orib.51.36.17: aor. 2 Pass. -ερρύην Hp.Nat.Hom.1, etc.:—flow upon the surface, float, καθύπερθεν ἐπιρρέει ἠΰτ' ἔλαιον Il.2.754.    2. flow in besides, keep on flowing, ποταμοῖσι . . ἐμβαίνουσιν . . ἕτερα ὕδατα ἐπιρρεῖ Heraclit.12; ἐπιρρεόντων ποταμῶν (into the sea), Ar.Nu.1294; χολὴ πλείων ἐπιρρέουσα Pl.Ti.85e; ἄνωθεν ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρούρας ib.22e: metaph. of large bodies of men, stream on, ἐπέρρεον ἔθνεα πεζῶν Il.11.724; ἐπιρρεόντων τῶν Ἑλλήνων καὶ γινομένων πλεύνων Hdt.9.38; ἐ. ὄχλος Γοργόνων Pl.Phdr. 229d; of a flood of topics, Id.Tht.177e; ὄχλος πολὺς ἄμμιν ἐπιρρεῖ Theoc.15.59; of the ἀπόρροιαι of Democritus, Plu.2.733d: c. inf., τὸ πλῆθος τῶν εἰπεῖν ἐπιρρεόντων Isoc.12.95: metaph. also, οὑπιρρέων χρόνος onward-streaming time, i.e. the future, A.Eu.853; ὄλβου ἐπιρρυέντος if wealth accumulates, E.Med.1229; ἀγαθῶν ἐπιρρεόντων X. Ap.27; πολλὴ αὔξη ὅταν ἐ. πόνων Pl.Lg.788d; τὰ ἐπιρρέοντα the stream of wealth, Aen.Gaz. Thphr.p.27 B.    3. c. gen., [τρίποδες] οἴνου ἐπέρρεον flowed with wine, Philostr.VA3.27.    II. Pass., to be watered, ὕδασι Paus.9.8.6.