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ἐκχέω 1 2 3 4

I.to pour out, properly of liquids, Il., Aesch., etc.: metaph., in Med., ἐκχεύατ᾽ ὀϊστούς he poured forth his arrows, Od.
2.of words, Aesch., etc.
3.to pour out like water, squander, waste, one's substance, id=Aesch., etc.
II.Pass., 3rd pl. plup. ἐξεκέχυντο, epic syncop. aor2 ἐξέχυ^το or ἔκχυ^το, part. ἐκχύμενος [υ^]:— to pour out, stream out or forth, properly of liquids, Hom.:—metaph. of persons, id=Hom.: —generally, to be spread out, Od.
2.to be poured out like water, forgotten, Theogn., Plat.
3.to give oneself up to joy, to be overjoyed, Ar.; ἐκχ. γελῶν to burst out laughing, Anth.
4.to lie languidly, id=Anth.

1 fut. -χεῶ

2 aor1 ἐξέχεα

3 epic ἔκχευα

4 mid. ἐκχευάμην

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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