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ἐγχέω 1 2 3 4 5 6

I.to pour in, μέθυ ἐγχ. δεπάεσσι Od.; οἶνον ἐς κύλικα Hdt.; ἐγχεῖν alone, to pour in wine, to fill the cup, Xen., etc.: —Mid. to fill one's cup, Ar.
2.of dry things, to pour in, shoot in, Od.
II.with acc. of the cup, to fill by pouring in, Xen.
III.ἐγχεῖν ὕδωρ τινί, i. e. to fill the κλεψύδρα (q. v.), Dem.

1 fut. -χεῶ

2 aor1 ἐν-έχεα

3 epic ἐν-έχευα

4 epic 3rd sg. subj. ἐγχέῃ

5 epic ἐγχείῃ

6 perf. pass. -κέχυ^μαι

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

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