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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Il.6.496</span> (tm.), al.: aor. 1 [[κατέχεα]], Ep. and Lyr. [[κατέχευα]] (v. infr.):—Med., Ep.aor. 1 <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> κατεχεύατο <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1.1.11</span>; inf. -χέασθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.50</span>:—Pass., pf. [[κατακέχυμαι]] Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.140</span> (tm.): aor. -εχύθην <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>854</span> (lyr.): Ep.aor.Pass. (freq.in tm.) [[κατέχυτο]], [[κατέχυντο]], <span class="bibl">Il.20.282</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.12.411</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>228</span>:—[[pour down upon]], [[pour over]], c. dat., κὰδ δέ οἱ ὕδωρ χεῦαν <span class="bibl">Il.14.435</span>; so ἥ ῥά οἱ ἀχλὺν θεσπεσίην κατέχευε <span class="bibl">Od.7.42</span>; ὄρεος κορυφῇσι Νότος κατέχευεν ὀμίχλην <span class="bibl">Il.3.10</span>; τῷ γε χάριν κατέχευεν' Ἀθήνη <span class="bibl">Od.2.12</span>, etc.; σφιν… πλοῦτον κατέχευε Κρονίων <span class="bibl">Il.2.670</span>; μὴ σφῶϊν ἐλεγχείην καταχεύῃ <span class="bibl">23.408</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.14.38</span>; οἷ… κατ' αἶσχος ἔχευε <span class="bibl">11.433</span>; ἐμῇ κεφαλῇ κατ' ὀνείδεα χεῦαν <span class="bibl">22.463</span>; νεφέλαν κρατὶ κατέχευας <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἀντιπάλοις φόνον</b> Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Marc.</span>30</span>:—Pass., κὰδ δ' ἄχος οἱ χύτο ὀφθαλμοῖσι <span class="bibl">Il.20.282</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ… ὀρόφοισιν αἷμα… κέχυται</b> Orac. ap. Hdt. l. c.; <b class="b3">δάκρυσι βλέφαρα-χυθέντα</b> E.l.c.; οἱ -χυθέντες <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>3.7.29</span>:—also Act. c. gen., rarely in Hom., ὅς σφωϊν… ἔλαιον χαιτάων κατέχευε <span class="bibl">Il.23.282</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">765</span>: freq. later, καταχέουσι αἷμα τοῦ ἀκινάκεος <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.62</span>; κατάχει σὺ τῆς χορδῆς τὸ μέλι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1040</span>; <b class="b3">ἔτνος τοὐλατῆρος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">246</span>; τοῦ δήμου καταχεῖν… πλουθυγίειαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1091</span>; ἵππερόν μου κατέχεεν τῶν χρημάτων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>74</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>790</span>; βλασφημίαν τῶν ἱερῶν κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>8o</span>od; also κὰδ δὲ χευάτω μύρον… κὰτ τὼ στήθεος <span class="bibl">Alc.36</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>398a</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">κατὰ τῶν ἱματίων καταχεόμενοι [ἄκρατον</b>] [[letting]] it [[be poured over]]... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>637e</span>:— Pass., κατὰ τοῖν κόραιν ὕπνου τι καταχεῖται γλυκύ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>simply, [[pour]], [[shower down]], <b class="b3">χιόνα, νιφάδας ἐπὶ χθονί</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.19.206</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.12.158</span>; ψιάδας κ. ἔραζε <span class="bibl">16.459</span>; so κατὰ δ' ἠέρα πουλὺν ἔχευεν <span class="bibl">8.50</span>; κατὰ δ' ὕπνον ἔχευεν <span class="bibl">Od.11.245</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">νότος… χύσιν κατεχεύατο φύλλων</b> Call.l.c.:—Pass., ἴδρως κακχέεται Sapph.2.13. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[throw]], [[cast down]], θύσθλα χαμαὶ κατέχευαν <span class="bibl">Il.6.134</span>; κατὰ δ' ἡνία χεῦεν ἔραζε <span class="bibl">17.619</span>; <b class="b3">ὅπλα τε πάντα εἰς ἄντλον κατέχυνθ</b>' <span class="bibl">Od.12.411</span>; <b class="b3">πέπλον μὲν… κατέχευεν ἐπ' οὔδει</b> [[let]] the robe [[fall upon]] the floor, <span class="bibl">Il.5.734</span>; τεῖχος… εἰς ἅλα πᾶν κ. <span class="bibl">7.461</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>41d</span>; [[χαίταν]] [[let fall]], Call.<span class="title">Cer.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> c. metaph., κοινολογίας… ἡδονὴν -χεούσης Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3.14. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> Pass., to [[be poured over]] the ground, [[be there in heaps]], ὁ χῶρος, ἐν ᾧ αἱ ἄκανθαι [τῶν ὀφίων] κατακεχύαται <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.75</span>; of persons, to [[be spread]], [[dispersed]], <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">Hist.</span>p.239</span> D. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[cause to flow]], [[run]], [χρυσὸν] ἐς πίθους τήξας κ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.96</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">χρυσὸν καταχέασθαι</b> to have it [[melted down]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.50</span>.</span>