- περιχέω
- to pour about
- to pour round or over , τί τινι, properly of liquids, [8th/7th c.BC]; of metal-workers, χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας having spread gold leaf round its horns, [8th/7th c.BC]; so in Mid., ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τις χρυσὸν περιχεύεται ἀργύρῳ [8th/7th c.BC]:—;Pass. to be poured around , περὶ δ᾽ ἀμβρόσιος κέχυθ᾽ ὕπνος [8th/7th c.BC]; τῶν ὀστέων περικεχυμένων heaped all round , [Refs 5th c.BC]; of persons, περιχυθέντες crowding round , [Refs 5th c.BC] (ML)