A.“ἐπιχεῖς” Ar.Pax169 : aor. 1 ἐπέχεα; Ep. aor. I ἐπέχευα, inf. ἐπιχεῦαι (v. infr.):—pour over, “χέρνιβα δ᾽ ἀμφίπολος προχόῳ ἐπέχευε..νίψασθαι” Od.1.136, etc.; in full, “χερσὶν ὕδωρ ἐπιχεῦαι” Il.24.303 ; “χερσὶ δ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ὕδωρ χευάντων” Od.4.213, etc.; also “οἴνῳ ἐπιχεῖν ὕδωρ” X.Oec.17.9.
2. metaph., “τοῖσι δ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ὕπνον ἔχευε” Il. 24.445 ; “Τρῶες δ᾽ ἐπὶ δούρατ᾽ ἔχευαν” 5.618 ; “ἀνέμων ἐπ᾽ ἀϋτμένα χεῦε” Od. 3.289 ; θρῆνον pour a lament over one, Pi.I.8(7).64 (tm.); “ὀδμήν” A.R. 2.191 (tm.); βλασφημιῶν ἐ (gen. partit.) Luc.JTr.35.
3. of solids, heap up, “θανόντι χυτὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἔχευαν” Od.3.258, cf. Il.23.256 ; “ἐπὶ σῆμ᾽ ἔχεεν” 6.419:—Med., “ὕπερθ᾽ ἐπὶ σῆμα χέεσθαι” A.R.3.205.
II. pour in, “ἀπαντλοῦντα καὶ ἐ.” Pl.R.407d; “ἓν ἀγαθὸν ἐπιχέασα, τρί᾽ ἐπαντλεῖ κακά” Diph.107 codd. Stob.; fill a cup, “Ναννοῦς καὶ Λύδης ἐπίχει δύο” AP12.168 (Posidipp.).
B. Med., pour or throw over oneself, “χύσιν δ᾽ ἐπεχεύατο φύλλων” Od.5.487 ; “κατακλιθεὶς ἐπιχείσθω τὴν πέριξ ἄμμον” Antyll. ap. Orib.10.8.4 ; ἐπεχεύατο πήχεε παιδί she threw her arms round the boy, A.R. 1.268 ; but “πολλὴν ἐπεχεύατο ὕλην” for himself, Od.5.257.
2. pour itself over, Q.S.14.604.
II. have poured out for one to drink, ἐ. ἄκρατόν τινος drink it to any one's health or honour, esp. of lovers' toasts, Theoc.14.18, cf. Antiph.81.2 codd.Ath.; ἔρωτος ἀκράτω (gen. partit.) “ἐπεχεῖτο” Theoc.2.152 ; also simply “ἐπιχεῖσθαί τινος” Phylarch.31J.
