ἐπιχρίω
From LSJ
Τί κοινότατον; ἐλπίς. καὶ γὰρ οἷς ἄλλο μηδέν, αὕτη πάρεστι → What is most common? Hope. For those who have nothing else, that is always there.
English (LSJ)
[ῑ],
A anoint, besmear, ἐπιχρίοντες ἀλοιφῇ (sc. τὸ τόξον) Od.21.179; χρῶτ' ἀπονιψαμένη καὶ ἐπιχρίσασα παρειάς 18.172:—Med., χρῶτ' ἀπονίπτεσθαι καὶ ἐπιχρίεσθαι ἀλοιφῇ ib.179. 2 plaster over, τινι with a thing, Luc.Hist.Conscr.62. II lay on ointment, μετὰ τὸ -χρισθῆναι Zopyr. ap. Orib.14.58.1 ; κροτάφοις -χριόμενα v.l. in Dsc.3.22 ; πηλὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Ev.Jo.9.6, cf. IG14.966 (Rome, ii A.D.). 2 abs., use for anointing, Call.Iamb.1.270.
