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|Definition=late <span class="bld">A</span> fut. -ρρεύσω Hero''Spir.''1.9: aor. 1 Act. -ερρευσα Procop.''Aed.''4.6: pf. -έρρευκα Gal. ap. Orib.51.36.17: aor. 2 Pass. -ερρύην Hp.''Nat.Hom.''1, etc.:—[[flow upon the surface]], [[float]], [[καθύπερθεν]] ἐπιρρέει ἠΰτ' ἔλαιον Il.2.754.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[flow in besides]], [[keep on flowing]], ποταμοῖσι.. ἐμβαίνουσιν.. ἕτερα ὕδατα ἐπιρρεῖ Heraclit.12; [[ἐπιρρεόντων]] [[ποταμῶν]] (into the sea), Ar.''Nu.''1294; χολὴ πλείων ἐπιρρέουσα Pl.''Ti.''85e; <b class="b3">ἄνωθεν ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρούρας</b> ib.22e: metaph. of large bodies of men, [[stream on]], ἐπέρρεον ἔθνεα πεζῶν Il.11.724; <b class="b3">ἐπιρρεόντων τῶν Ἑλλήνων</b> καὶ γινομένων πλεύνων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.38; ἐ. ὄχλος Γοργόνων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 229d; of a flood of topics, Id.''Tht.''177e; ὄχλος πολὺς ἄμμιν ἐπιρρεῖ Theoc.15.59; of the [[ἀπόρροιαι]] of Democritus, Plu.2.733d: c. inf., τὸ πλῆθος τῶν εἰπεῖν ἐπιρρεόντων Isoc.12.95: metaph. also, [[οὑπιρρέων]] [[χρόνος]] [[onward-streaming]] time, i.e. the future, A.''Eu.''853; <b class="b3">ὄλβου ἐπιρρυέντος</b> if wealth [[accumulates]], [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 1229; ἀγαθῶν ἐπιρρεόντων X. ''Ap.''27; πολλὴ αὔξη ὅταν ἐ. πόνων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''788d; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπιρρέοντα</b> the [[stream]] of wealth, Aen.Gaz. ''[[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''p.27 B.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. c. gen., ([[τρίποδες]]) <b class="b3">οἴνου ἐπέρρεον</b> [[flowed with]] wine, Philostr.''VA''3.27.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. Pass., to [[be]] [[watered]], ὕδασι Paus.9.8.6.