to pour round or over, τί τινι, properly of liquids, Hom.; of metal-workers, χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας having spread gold leaf round its horns, Il.; so in Mid., ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τις χρυσὸν περιχεύεται ἀργύρῳ Od.:—Pass. to be poured around, περὶ δ᾽ ἀμβρόσιος κέχυθ᾽ ὕπνος Il.; τῶν ὀστέων περικεχυμένων heaped all round, Hdt.; of persons, περιχυθέντες crowding round, id=Hdt.
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