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κατηρεφής , ές, (ἐρέφω)
A.covered over, vaulted, overhanging, “σπέος εὺρὺ κ.Od.13.349; “κλισίας τε κ.Il.18.589; “ἐν σμήνεσσι κ. μέλισσαιHes.Th.594; “μέγα κῦμα . . κ.Od.5.367: c. dat., σπέος δάφνῃσι κ. shaded by, embowered in them, 9.183; “δώματα πέτρῃσι κ.Hes.Th. 778; so in Trag., κ. πέτρος, of a cave, S.Ph.272; “ἐν κ. στέγῃ χθονόςId.El.381; “κ. τύμβοςId.Ant.885; “κ. αὐτῇ τῇ πέτρᾳPl.Criti.116b; of trees, thick-leaved, Theoc.7.9; κ. πόδα τιθέναι keep the foot covered, of Pallas seated, when the robe falls over her feet, opp. ὀρθὸν πόδα τ., A.Eu.294.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Aeschylus, Eumenides, 294
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 468
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 594
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 778
    • Homer, Odyssey, 13.349
    • Homer, Odyssey, 5.367
    • Homer, Odyssey, 9.183
    • Plato, Critias, 116b
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 885
    • Sophocles, Electra, 381
    • Homer, Iliad, 18.589
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 272
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