A.strew, sprinkle, λεύκ᾽ ἄλφιτα πολλὰ πάλυνον (i.e. sprinkled in water, expld. by Sch. ἔμασσον, ἔφυρον) Il.18.560; “ἐπὶ δ᾽ ἄλφιτα λευκὰ παλύνειν” Od.10.520, cf. 11.28, etc.; “τι ἐπί τινι” S.Ant.247.
II. bestrew, besprinkle, with dat. of the thing sprinkled, “παλύνας ἀλφίτου ἀκτῇ” Od. 14.429:—Pass., “ἁ σῦριγξ εὐρῶτι παλύνεται” Theoc.4.28.