ἐπιχειλής,ές, (χεῖλος)
A. onorat the lips, γλῶσσα ἐ.aready, chatteringtongue, Poll. 6.120 .
II. full up to the rim(i.e. not quite full, as the rim was deep), of Themistocles, ἐποίησεν τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν μεστήν, εὑρὼν ἐπιχειλῆ
Ar. Eq. 814
.
2. later,brim-full,
πίθος ἐ. τῶν ἀγαθῶν
Them. Or. 13.174d
, cf. 8.115a : metaph., πλήρεις καὶ ἐ. ἁμαρτίαι
Ph. 1.517
.
III. with the lips drawn in, likeold people, Alciphr. 3.55 .