καταχέω, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
aorist 1 κατέχεα,
Epic dialect and Lyric poetry κατέχευα (see. below):—
middle,
Epic dialect aorist 1 κατεχεύατο [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
infinitive - χέασθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
passive,
perfect κατακέχυμαι Oracle texts cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist -εχύθην [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
aorist passive (frequently in
tmesis) κατέχυτο, κατέχυντο, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
pour down upon, pour over, with
dative, κὰδ δέ οἱ ὕδωρ χεῦαν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀντιπάλοις φόνον epigram cited in [
Refs 1st c.AD+]:—
passive, κὰδ δ᾽ ἄχος οἱ χύτο ὀφθαλμοῖσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατὰ. ὀρόφοισιν αἷμα. κέχυται Oracle texts cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; δάκρυσι βλέφαρα-χυθέντα E.[same place]; οἱ -χυθέντες [
Refs 1st c.AD+]:—also
active with
genitive, rarely in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔτνος τοὐλατῆρος[
Refs 7th c.BC+] —
middle, κατὰ τῶν ἱματίων καταχεόμενοι [ἄκρατον]
letting it
be poured over, [
Refs]:—
passive, κατὰ τοῖν κόραιν ὕπνου τι καταχεῖται γλυκύ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) simply,
pour, shower down, χιόνα, νιφάδας ἐπὶ χθονί, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] —
middle, νότος. χύσιν κατεχεύατο φύλλων Call.[same place]:—
passive, ἴδρως κακχέεται [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
2.b)
throw, cast down, θύσθλα χαμαὶ κατέχευαν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅπλα τε πάντα εἰς ἄντλον κατέχυνθ᾽ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέπλον μὲν. κατέχευεν ἐπ᾽ οὔδει
let the robe
fall upon the floor, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
middle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαίταν
let fall, [
Refs]
5) with
metaphorically, κοινολογίας. ἡδονὴν -χεούσης [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
3)
passive,
to be poured over the ground,
be there in heaps, ὁ χῶρος, ἐν ᾧ αἱ ἄκανθαι [τῶν ὀφίων] κατακεχύαται [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons,
to be spread, dispersed, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
cause to flow, run, [χρυσὸν] ἐς πίθους τήξας κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
middle, χρυσὸν καταχέασθαι
to have it
melted down, [
Refs]