ἐπιρρέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=late fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -ρρεύσω <span class="bibl">Hero<span class="title">Spir.</span>1.9</span>: aor. 1 Act. -ερρευσα <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Aed.</span>4.6</span>: pf. -έρρευκα Gal. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.51.36.17</span>: aor. 2 Pass. -ερρύην <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Hom.</span>1</span>, etc.:—[[flow upon the surface]], [[float]], [[καθύπερθεν]] ἐπιρρέει ἠΰτ' ἔλαιον <span class="bibl">Il.2.754</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[flow in besides]], [[keep on flowing]], ποταμοῖσι . . ἐμβαίνουσιν . . ἕτερα ὕδατα ἐπιρρεῖ <span class="bibl">Heraclit.12</span>; [[ἐπιρρεόντων]] [[ποταμῶν]] (into the sea), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1294</span>; χολὴ πλείων ἐπιρρέουσα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>85e</span>; <b class="b3">ἄνωθεν ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρούρας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">22e</span>: metaph. of large bodies of men, [[stream on]], ἐπέρρεον ἔθνεα πεζῶν <span class="bibl">Il.11.724</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιρρεόντων τῶν Ἑλλήνων</b> καὶ γινομένων πλεύνων <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.38</span>; ἐ. ὄχλος Γοργόνων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 229d</span>; of a flood of topics, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>177e</span>; ὄχλος πολὺς ἄμμιν ἐπιρρεῖ <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.59</span>; of the [[ἀπόρροιαι]] of Democritus, Plu.2.733d: c. inf., τὸ πλῆθος τῶν εἰπεῖν ἐπιρρεόντων <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.95</span>: metaph. also, [[οὑπιρρέων]] [[χρόνος]] [[onward-streaming]] time, i.e. the future, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>853</span>; <b class="b3">ὄλβου ἐπιρρυέντος</b> if wealth [[accumulates]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1229</span>; ἀγαθῶν ἐπιρρεόντων <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Ap.</span>27</span>; πολλὴ αὔξη ὅταν ἐ. πόνων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>788d</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπιρρέοντα</b> the [[stream]] of wealth, <span class="bibl">Aen.Gaz. <span class="title">Thphr.</span>p.27</span> B. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. c. gen., ([[τρίποδες]]) <b class="b3">οἴνου ἐπέρρεον</b> [[flowed with]] wine, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>3.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. Pass., to [[be]] [[watered]], ὕδασι <span class="bibl">Paus.9.8.6</span>.</span>