A.shedding, pouring out or forth, “αἱμάτων” Thphr.Fr.174.6(pl.): metaph., squandering, “οὐσίας” Alciphr.1.21.
2. diffusion, e.g. of nutriment, Gal.6.87; opp. πίλησις, Id.Nat.Fac.1.3 (pl.); coupled with ἀνάλυσις, διάλυσις, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.136, cf. 188.
II. liquid poured forth, flood, stream, ἐκχέασα γάποτον χ., of a libation, A.Ch.97; “πόντου χ.” Opp.H.5.78; “ὕδατος” Arat.393, A.R.4.1416: metaph, χρονίη χ. lapse of time, AP9.153 (Agath.).
2. of dry things, heap, “φύλλων χ.” Od.5.483, 19.443; “νότος . . χύσιν κατεχεύατο φύλλων” Call.Hec.1.1.11, cf. AP9.282 (Antip.Thess.); “καλάμης” Nic.Th.297.
3. metaph. of fluency or copiousness of speech, ascribed to Cicero in contrast to the ὕψος ἀπότομον of Demosthenes, “ὁ Κικέρων ἐν χύσει” Longin.12.4; “ἡ χ. τῶν λέξεων” Phld.Po.Herc. 1676.6.
4. quantity, abundance, “σαρκῶν” AP5.36 (Rufin.); χ. φαυλότητος a great deal of badness, Porph.Abst.3.2.