καταχέω: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=fut. -χεῶ aor1 κατέχεα epic [[κατέχευα]] Pass., 3rd sg. epic aor2 κατέχῠτο Pass., 3rd pl. epic aor2 [[κατέχυντο]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[pour]] down [[upon]], [[pour]] [[over]], τί τινι Hom.; also, κατ. τί τινος Hdt., [[attic]]:—Pass., κατὰ ταῖν κόραιν ὕπνου τι καταχεῖται a bit of [[sleep]] is poured [[over]] the eyes, Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[pour]] or [[shower]] down, Hom.: to [[throw]] or [[cast]] down, Hom.; [[πέπλον]] κατέχευεν ἐπ' οὔδει let the [[robe]] [[fall]] [[upon]] the pavement, Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> Pass. to be poured [[over]] the [[ground]], lie in heaps, ὁ [[χῶρος]], ἐν ᾧ αἱ ἄκανθαι [τῶν [[ὀφίων]] κατακεχύαται (ionic 3rd pl. perf. [[pass]].), Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[melt]] down, χρυσὸν ἐς πίθους Hdt.; and in Mid., χρυσὸν καταχέασθαι to [[have]] it [[melted]] down, Hdt.<br />B. καταχέυω<br />epic imperf. mid., [[τέττιξ]] καταχεύετ' ἀοιδήν, Hes.