Radic. sense, to pour:
I.properly of liquids, to pour out, pour, Hom., etc.; Zeus χέει ὕδωρ, i. e. he makes it rain, Il.; χέει χιόνα βορέας Eur.; absol., χέει it snows, Il.:—Mid. to pour for oneself, esp. of drink-offerings, χοὰς χεόμην νεκύεσσι Od., etc.:—Pass., χέονται κρῆναι they gush forth, Eur.; χυθέντος ποτοῦ ἐς γῆν Soph.
2.χ. δάκρυα to shed tears, Il., Eur.:—Pass., of tears, to pour or gush forth, Hom.; so of blood, to be shed, Aesch.
3.in Pass. to become liquid, melt, thaw, Xen.
II.of solids, to shed, scatter, φύλλα Il.; πτερά Od.; χ. κόνιν κὰκ κεφαλῆς Hom.; χ. καλάμην χθονί, of a mower or reaper (v. καλάμη), Il.
4.to let fall or drop, ἡνία id=Il.; so, χέειν κρόκου βαφὰς (v. βαφή II) Aesch.; but, καρπὸν χ., of trees, to produce fruit abundantly, Od.
5.in Pass. to be thrown or heaped up together, Hom., Hdt.
6.in Pass. also of living beings, to pour or stream in a dense mass or throng, Hom.
2.of things that obscure the sight, κατ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν χέεν ἀχλύν shed a dark cloud over the eyes, Il.; πολλὴν ἠέρα χεῦε shed a mist abroad, Od.:—Pass., ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ θάνατος χύτο was shed around him, Il.; νόσος κέχυται Soph.; φρὶξ ἐπὶ πόντον ἐχεύατο (Mid. in pass. sense), Il.
