| |Definition=[ῠ], εως, ἡ, (χέω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[shedding]], [[pouring out]] or [[forth]], αἱμάτων <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>174.6</span>(pl.): metaph., [[squandering]], οὐσίας <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[diffusion]], e.g. of nutriment, Gal.6.87; opp. [[πίλησις]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nat.Fac.</span>1.3</span> (pl.); coupled with [[ἀνάλυσις]], [[διάλυσις]], <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.136</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">188</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> melting, κηροῦ <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>3.14</span>; [[casting]], [[fusing]], <span class="bibl">Str.16.2.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[dispersion]], ἐν τῇ χ. τοῦ ἑνὸς πλῆθος γίγνεται <span class="bibl">Plot.6.6.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[liquid poured forth]], [[flood]], [[stream]], <b class="b3">ἐκχέασα γάποτον χ</b>., of a libation, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>97</span>; πόντου χ. <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>5.78</span>; ὕδατος <span class="bibl">Arat.393</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1416</span>: metaph, <b class="b3">χρονίη χ</b>. [[lapse]] of time, <span class="title">AP</span>9.153 (Agath.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of dry things, [[heap]], φύλλων χ. <span class="bibl">Od.5.483</span>, <span class="bibl">19.443</span>; νότος . . χύσιν κατεχεύατο φύλλων <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1.1.11</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>9.282 (Antip.Thess.); καλάμης <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>297</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph. of [[fluency]] or [[copiousness]] of speech, ascribed to Cicero in contrast to the <b class="b3">ὕψος ἀπότομον</b> of Demosthenes, ὁ Κικέρων ἐν χύσει Longin.12.4; ἡ χ. τῶν λέξεων Phld.<span class="title">Po.Herc.</span> 1676.6. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[quantity]], [[abundance]], σαρκῶν <span class="title">AP</span>5.36 (Rufin.); <b class="b3">χ. φαυλότητος</b> [[a great deal]] of badness, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>3.2</span>.</span> | | |Definition=[ῠ], εως, ἡ, ([[χέω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[shedding]], [[pouring out]] or [[forth]], αἱμάτων [[Theophrastus]] ''Fragmenta'' 174.6(pl.): metaph., [[squandering]], οὐσίας Alciphr.1.21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[diffusion]], e.g. of nutriment, Gal.6.87; opp. [[πίλησις]], Id.''Nat.Fac.''1.3 (pl.); coupled with [[ἀνάλυσις]], [[διάλυσις]], Chrysipp.Stoic.2.136, cf. 188.<br><span class="bld">3</span> melting, κηροῦ S.E.''P.''3.14; [[casting]], [[fusing]], Str.16.2.25.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[dispersion]], ἐν τῇ χ. τοῦ ἑνὸς πλῆθος γίγνεται Plot.6.6.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[liquid poured forth]], [[flood]], [[stream]], <b class="b3">ἐκχέασα γάποτον χ.</b>, of a libation, A.''Ch.''97; πόντου χ. Opp.''H.''5.78; ὕδατος Arat.393, A.R.4.1416: metaph, <b class="b3">χρονίη χ.</b> [[lapse]] of time, ''AP''9.153 (Agath.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of dry things, [[heap]], φύλλων χ. Od.5.483, 19.443; νότος.. χύσιν κατεχεύατο φύλλων Call.''Hec.''1.1.11, cf. ''AP''9.282 (Antip.Thess.); καλάμης Nic.''Th.''297.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph. of [[fluency]] or [[copiousness]] of speech, ascribed to Cicero in contrast to the <b class="b3">ὕψος ἀπότομον</b> of Demosthenes, ὁ Κικέρων ἐν χύσει Longin.12.4; ἡ χ. τῶν λέξεων Phld.''Po.Herc.'' 1676.6.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[quantity]], [[abundance]], σαρκῶν ''AP''5.36 (Rufin.); <b class="b3">χ. φαυλότητος</b> [[a great deal]] of badness, Porph.''Abst.''3.2. |
