επικαλύπτω

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λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις → you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)

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Greek Monolingual

(AM ἐπικαλύπτω)
σκεπάζω από πάνω, τοποθετώ ως κάλυμμα
νεοελλ.
καλύπτω μια επιφάνεια με άλλη ύλη, επενδύω
αρχ.
1. γεν. σκεπάζω, αποκρύπτω («ἡ ἐπωνυμία ἐπικεκάλυπται», Πλάτ.)
2. επισκοτίζω.