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|auten=aor. [[κατέχευα]], inf. καταχεῦαι, [[mid]]. aor. 3 pl. [[κατέχυντο]]: [[pour]] down, [[shower]] down, [[shed]] [[over]] (τινί τι); [[not]] of fluids only, [[but]] [[variously]], of letting [[fall]] a [[garment]], Il. 5.734; throwing down wands, Il. 6.134; levelling a [[wall]], Il. 7.461; and [[often]] metaph., [[χάριν]], πλοῦτον, ὀνείδεα, Od. 2.12, Β, Od. 14.38; [[mid]]., ὅπλα [[εἰς]] [[ἄντλον]], ‘[[fell]] in a [[heap]],’ Od. 12.411.

|sltr=[[καταχέω]] (ep. aor. -έχευα.) [[pour]] down [[upon]] met., c. dat. κελαινῶπιν δ' [[ἐπί]] οἱ νεφέλαν ἀγκύλῳ [[κρατί]], γλεφάρων ἁδὺ κλάιθρον, κατέχευας (sc. [[φόρμιγξ]]) (P. 1.8)

|strgr=from [[κατά]] and cheo (to [[pour]]); to [[pour]] down ([[out]]): [[pour]].

|txtha=1st aorist 3rd [[person]] [[singular]] κατεχην ([[see]] [[ἐκχέω]]); to [[pour]] down [[upon]]; [[pour]] [[over]], [[pour]] [[upon]]: [[ἐπί]] [[τήν]] κεφαλήν (L T Tr WH [[ἐπί]] τῆς κεφαλῆς), [[κατά]] τῆς κεφαλῆς ([[Plato]], rep. 3, p. 398a.; [[Epictetus]] diss. 2,20, 29), L T Tr WH [[omit]] [[κατά]] (cf. Winer's Grammar, 381 f (357f); [[Herodotus]] 4,62; [[Plato]], legg. 7, p. 814b.; Josephus, contra Apion 2,36, 2. Cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 66f)).

|mdlsjtxt=fut. -χεῶ aor1 κατέχεα epic [[κατέχευα]] Pass., 3rd sg. epic aor2 κατέχῠτο Pass., 3rd pl. epic aor2 [[κατέχυντο]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[pour]] down [[upon]], [[pour]] [[over]], τί τινι Hom.; also, κατ. τί τινος Hdt., [[attic]]:—Pass., κατὰ ταῖν κόραιν ὕπνου τι καταχεῖται a bit of [[sleep]] is poured [[over]] the eyes, Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[pour]] or [[shower]] down, Hom.: to [[throw]] or [[cast]] down, Hom.; [[πέπλον]] κατέχευεν ἐπ' οὔδει let the [[robe]] [[fall]] [[upon]] the pavement, Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> Pass. to be poured [[over]] the [[ground]], lie in heaps, ὁ [[χῶρος]], ἐν ᾧ αἱ ἄκανθαι [τῶν [[ὀφίων]] κατακεχύαται (ionic 3rd pl. perf. [[pass]].), Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[melt]] down, χρυσὸν ἐς πίθους Hdt.; and in Mid., χρυσὸν καταχέασθαι to [[have]] it [[melted]] down, Hdt.<br />B. καταχέυω<br />epic imperf. mid., [[τέττιξ]] καταχεύετ' ἀοιδήν, Hes.