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καλύπτω lengthd. from Root ΚΑΛΥΒ, v. καλύβη

I.to cover with a thing, παρδαλέηι μετάφρενον κάλυψεν Il.; νυκτὶ καλύψας id=Il.: simply, to cover, μέλαν δέ ἑ κῦμα κάλυψεν id=Il.; πέτρον χεὶρ ἐκάλυψεν his hand covered, grasped a stone, id=Il.; of death, τέλος θανάτοιο κάλυψεν ὀφθαλμούς id=Il., etc.; of grief, τὸν δ᾽ ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλυψε id=Il.; κ. χθονὶ γυῖα, i. e. to be buried, Pind.; also, χθονί, τάφωι κ. to bury another, Aesch.:—Mid. to cover or veil oneself, Hom.:—Pass., ἀσπίδι κεκαλυμμένος ὤμους Il.; ἐν χλαίνηι κεκαλ. id=Il., etc.
2.like κρύπτω, to cover or conceal; κ. καρδίαι τι Soph.; Pass., κεκαλυμμένοι ἵππωι concealed in the horse, Od.
3.to cover with dishonour, throw a cloud over, σὺ μὴ κάλυπτε Ἀθήνας Soph.
II.to put over as a covering, Lat. circumdare, οἱ πέπλοιο πτύγμ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν Il.; οἱ ἄσιν καθύπερθε καλύψω I will put mud over him, id=Il.; ἀμφὶ Μενοιτιάδηι σάκος εὐρὺ καλύψας id=Il.

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

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