ἐλλείχω
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English (LSJ)
A lick in, take one's fill of, τινός Com.Adesp.125 Meineke.
German (Pape)
[Seite 800] hineinlecken; ἐλλείχοντα τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, Hesych., wohl aus com.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλλείχω: ἐπιμελῶς λείχω, ἐμφοροῦμαι, «ἐλλείχοντα τῶν Ἀθηνῶν... οἱ δὲ ἀττικίζοντα, ὃ καὶ ποιοῦσιν οἱ πρόσγραφοι ἵνα φαίνωνται ἀστοί· ἐλλείχοντα δὲ ἐμφορούμενον ἀπὸ τῶν τὸ μέλι λειχόντων» Ἡσύχ. (Κωμ. Ἀνών, 125)· πρβλ. ἐμπίνω, ἐμφορέω.
