χέω

χέω, used in the simple form mostly by Poets, but

A v. ἐγ-, κατα-, συγ-χέω; -εει is not [var] contr. by [dialect] Ep., v. Il.6.147, 9.15, Hes.Op.421; but in Trag. and [dialect] Att. always so, ἐκ-χεῖ, συγ-χεῖς, κατα-χεῖν, S.El. 1291, E.IA37 (anap.), Ar.Eq.1091 (hex.); for -εε no rule is observed, [tense] impf.

χέε Il.23.220

; but

σύγ-χει 9.612

, 13.808,

χεῖσθαι Od.10.518

;

κατ-έχεε Ar.Nu.74

, D.45.74; ἐν-έχει, ἐν-έχεις, ἐξ-έχει, Antipho 1.19, Ar.Pl.1021, A.Ag.1029 (lyr.):— -έῃ, -έο, -έου, -έω seem never to have been contracted, exc.

ἐγχεῦντα Theoc.10.53

:— [tense] fut. χέω (ἐκ-χεῶ acc. to Choerob. in Theod.2.168 H., but this is Hellenistic, LXX Je.6.11, al., ἐκ-χεεῖς ib.Ex.4.9, ἐκ-χεεῖib.Le.4.18,25, ἐκ-χεεῖτε ib.De.12.16,24, ἐκ-χεοῦσι ib.Le.4.12, προς-χεεῖς ib.Ex. 29.16, al., and the [voice] Med. χεόμενος (v. infr.) points to [dialect] Att. χέω)

, συγ- E.Fr.384

,

ἐπι-χεῖς Ar.Pax169

(anap.);

παρα-χέων Pl.Com. 69.3

; [dialect] Ep. [tense] fut.

χεύω Od.2.222

(

χρειώ Aristarch.

, whence χείω Porson): [tense] aor.

ἔχεα Il.18.347

, Pi.I.8(7).64, etc.; [dialect] Ep.

ἔχευα Il.3.270

, 4.269,

χεῦα 14.436

, Od.4.584, etc.; [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. 1 subj.

χεύομεν Il.7.336

(late

ἔχευσα AP14.124

(Metrod.)): [tense] pf. κέχῠκα, ([etym.] ἐκ-) Men.915, APl.4.242 (Eryc.):—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. [dialect] Att.

χεόμενος Is.6.51

: [tense] aor.

ἐχεάμην Hdt.7.43

, A.Pers.220 (troch.), S.OC477, Ar.V.1020 (anap.); [dialect] Ep. ἐχευάμην, χευάμην, Il.5.314, 18.24, etc.; [dialect] Ep. subj. χεύεται ([etym.] περι-) Od.6.232 (perh. indic.):—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. χῠθήσομαι ([etym.] συγ-) D.23.62, cf. J.AJ8.8.5: later χεθήσομαι, ([etym.] ἐκ-) Arr.Epict.4.10.26:—[tense] aor. 1 ἐχύθην [ῠ] Od.19.590, etc.: later ἐχέθην, not in Inscrr. or Pap., f.l. in Ph.1.455, Euc.Catoptr.Prooem. (vii p.286 H., ἐγ-, ἐκ-), etc.: also [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. χύτο [ῠ] Il.23.385, Od.7.143;

ἐξ-έχῠτο 19.470

; ἔχυντο, χύντο, 10.415, Il.4.526; part. χύμενος, η, ον, 19.284, Od.8.527, and Trag. in lyr., A.Ch.401, Eu.263, E.Heracl.76: [tense] pf.

κέχῠμαι Il.5.141

, Sapph. Supp.25.12, Pi.I.1.4, etc.: [tense] plpf. [dialect] Ep.

κέχῠτο Il.5.696

, etc.—[dialect] Ep. [tense] pres. [full] χείω, Hes.Th.83; later [dialect] Ep. [tense] pres. [full] χεύω both in the simple Verb and compds., Nic.Al.381, Lyr.Alex.Adesp.35.19 (fort. Mesom.), Nonn. D.18.344, Opp.C.2.127:—[voice] Med.,

χεύομαι A.R.2.926

: in later Prose [tense] pres. [full] χύνω (q.v.); χῦσαι is f.l. for λῦσαι in codd. dett. of Tryph. 205.—Rare in Prose, exc. in compds. and in [voice] Med.    0-0Radic. sense, pour:

I prop. of liquids, pour out, let flow,

κρήνη κατ' αἰγίλιπος πέτρης χέει ὕδωρ Il.9.15

;

βασιλεῦσιν ὕδωρ ἐπὶ χεῖρας ἔχευαν 3.270

, cf. Od.1.146, etc.;

οἶνον χαμάδις χέε Il.23.220

;

κατὰ στόματος νέκταρ Theoc.7.82

: χέει ὕδωρ, of Zeus, i.e. makes it rain, Il.16.385;

ὅταν βορέας χιόνα . . χέῃ E.Cyc.328

: abs., χέει it snows, Il.12.281 (νειφέμεν is in l. 280): freq. of drink-offerings,

χέουσα χοάς A.Ch.87

:—[voice] Med.,

χοὴν χεῖσθαι νεκύεσσι Od.10.518

;

χοὴν χεόμην νεκύεσσι 11.26

;

χοὰς χέασθαι Hdt.7.43

, etc.: abs., Is.6.51,65:—[voice] Pass.,

κέχυται Il.12.284

; κρῆναι χέονται they gush forth, E.Hipp.748 (lyr.);

ποτοῦ χυθέντος ἐς γῆν S.Tr.704

; χέεσθαι βουτύρῳ, γάλακτι to flow with . . , LXX Jb.29.6.

2 χ. δάκρυα shed tears,

δάκρυα θερμὰ χέοντες Il.7.426

, cf. 16.3, E.Tr.38;

ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν Id.Cyc.405

:—[voice] Med.,

ὅσα σώματα χεῖται Pl.Ti.83e

:—[voice] Pass., of tears, flow,

δάκρυα θερμὰ χέοντο Od.4.523

;

ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν χύτο δάκρυα Il.23.385

; of blood, to be shed, drip,

φονίας σταγόνας χυμένας ἐς πέδον A.Ch.401

(anap.), cf. Eu.263 (lyr.).

3 smelt metal, LXX Ma.3.3.

b cast, of bronze statues, SIG3g (Susa, from Didyma, vi (?) B.C.).

4 [voice] Pass., become liquid, melt, dissolve, τὰ κεχυμένα, opp. τὰ συνεστῶτα, Pl.Ti.66c; of the ground in spring, X.Oec.16.12, Thphr.CP3.4.4; κεχυμένοι ὀφθαλμοί perh. moist, languishing eyes, Heph.Astr.1.1.

II of solids, shed, scatter,

φύλλα ἄνεμος χαμάδις χέει Il.6.147

;

κῦμα φῦκος ἔχευεν 9.7

;

πτερὰ ἔραζε Od. 15.527

; ἐν . . ἄλφιτα χ. δοροῖσιν pour into . . , 2.354; [

κρέα] εἰν ἐλεοῖσιν Il.9.215

;

κόνιν κὰκ κεφαλῆς 18.24

, Od.24.317; καλάμην χθονί, of a mower or reaper, Il.19.222:—[voice] Pass.,

ἐν νάσῳ κέχυται σπέρμα Pi.P. 4.42

; πάγου χυθέντος when the frost was on the ground, S. Ph.293; κέχυται νόσος has spread through his frame, Id.Tr.853 (lyr.).

2 throw up earth, so as to form a mound,

σῆμ' ἔχεαν Il.24.799

; χεύαντες δὲ τὸ σῆμα ib.801, cf. Od.1.291;

τύμβον χ. Il.7.336

, etc.;

θανόντι χυτὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἔχευαν Od.3.258

, cf. Il.23.256.

3 χ. δούρατα shower spears, 5.618:—[voice] Med., βέλεα χέοντο they showered their darts, 8.159.

4 let fall, drop,

κατὰ δ' ἡνία χεῦεν ἔραζε 17.619

;

εἴδατα ἔραζε Od.22.20

; ἀπὸ κρατὸς χέε (v.l. for βάλε)

δέσματα Il.22.468

;

κρόκου βαφὰς ἐς πέδον χέουσα A.Ag.239

(lyr.) (but καρπὸν χ., of trees, not to shed their fruit, but to let it hang down in profusion, Od.11.588):—[voice] Pass.,

πλόκαμος γένυν παρ' αὐτὴν κεχυμένος

streaming down, falling,

E.Ba.456

.

5 in [voice] Pass., to be heaped up, massed together, [

ἰχθύες] ἐπὶ ψαμάθοισι κέχυνται Od. 22.387

, cf. 389; of dead geese, 19.539; of dung, 17.298, Il.23.775; also

σωρὸν σίτου κεχυμένον Hdt.1.22

.

6 [voice] Pass., of living beings, stream in a dense throng, Il.16.267, etc.;

δακρυόεντες ἔχυντο Od.10.415

, etc.: of sheep, Il.5.141.

7 of persons, ἀμφ' αὐτῷ χυμένη throwing herself around him, 19.284, Od.8.527:—[voice] Med.,

ἀμφὶ φίλον υἱὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε Il.5.314

:—[voice] Pass., of things,

ἀμφὶ δὲ δεσμοὶ τεχνήεντες ἔχυντο Od.8.297

.

8 [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. κέχυμαι, to be wholly engaged or absorbed in,

Δᾶλος, ἐν ᾇ κέχυμαι Pi.I.1.4

; κεχυμένος ἐς τἀφροδίσια, Lat. effusus in Venerem, Luc.Sacr.5;

πρὸς ἡδονήν Alciphr.1.6

.

III of impalpable things:

1 of the voice, φωνήν, αὐδὴν χ., Od.19.521, Hes.Sc.396, cf. Th.83;

ἐπὶ θρῆνον ἔχεαν Pi.I. 8(7).64

;

Ἑλλάδος φθόγγον χέουσα A.Th.73

, cf. Supp.632 (lyr.), Fr.36 (lyr.); of wind instruments,

πνεῦμα χέων ἐν αὐλοῖς Simon. 148.8

, cf. APl.4.226 (Alc.):—[voice] Med.,

κωμῳδικὰ πολλὰ χέασθαι Ar.V. 1020

(anap.):—but in [voice] Pass., κεχυμένα ᾄσματα non-rhythmical melodies, Aristid.Quint.1.13.

b

κὰκ κεφαλῆς χεῦεν πολὺ κάλλος Od.23.156

;

δόλον περὶ δέμνια χεῦεν 8.282

.

2 of things that obscure the sight, κατ' ὀφθαλμῶν χέεν ἀχλύν shed a dark cloud over the eyes, Il.20.321; πολλὴν ἠέρα χεῦε shed a mist abroad, Od.7.15, etc. (so

εὔκρατος ἀὴρ χεῖται Pl.Ax.371d

);

τῷ δ' ὕπνον ἀπήμονά τε λιαρόν τε χεύῃ ἐπὶ βλεφάροισιν Il.14.165

, cf. Od.2.395, etc.:— [voice] Pass., ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ θάνατος χύτο was shed around him, Il.13.544;

κατ' ὀφθαλμῶν κέχυτ' ἀχλύς 5.696

;

νύξ Hes.Th.727

(but πάλιν χύτο ἀήρ the mist dissolved or vanished, Od.7.143);

οὔ κέ μοι ὕπνος ἐπὶ βλεφάροισι χυθείη 19.590

; ἐχεύατο πόντον ἔπι φρίξ ([voice] Med. in pass. sense) Il.7.63.

3 [tense] aor. [voice] Pass., ἐχύθη οἱ θυμός his mind overflowed with joy, A.R.3.1009.

4 [voice] Pass., to be dissipated, diffused, Plot. 1.4.10;

οὐδὲν τοῦ χεῖσθαι δεηθέν Id.6.5.3

; to be rarefied, opp. πιλεῖσθαι, Gal.15.28. (Cf. Skt. juhóti 'pour (sacrificial offerings)', part. hutás (= χυτός), Lat. fundo, Goth. giutan 'pour'.)