περιχέω,
Epic dialect περιχεύω, aorist περίχευα (see. below), pour, spread, or scatter round or over, ἥν [ἠέρα] οἱ περίχευεν Ἀθήνη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.140, compare 13.189 (tmesis), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.776 (tmesis) ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of solids, ἅλις χέραδος περιχεύας [[ 21.319 ] Refs]; χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας having spread gold leaf round its horns, [[ 10.294: _metaphorically_, τῷ περίχευε χάριν κεφαλῇ τε καὶ ὤμοις 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.162 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σκότος τοῖς δικασταῖς 'throw dust in the eyes of.. ', [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 25 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:— middle, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τις χρυσὸν περιχεύεται ἀργύρῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.232, 23.159 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:— passive, to be poured around, περὶ δ᾽ ἀμβρόσιος κέχυθ᾽ ὕπνος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.19; ἢν σκότος περιχυθῇ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 11 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῶν ὀστέων περικεχυμένων scattered all round, variant in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.12: _metaphorically_, -χυθεῖσα θεωρία, εὐδαιμονία, Vett. Val. 241.5, 246.18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of persons, π. στρατὸν τείχει [[ 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 9.1:] Refs 3rd c.AD+] — frequently in passive, περιχυθέντες crowding round, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.120; τῷ ναυκλήρῳ περικεχύσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 488c, compare “Plt.” 268c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.21. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 π. τινἰ (i.e. ὕδωρ) pour water over one, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.36 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—middle, pour or have poured over oneself, πρὶν ἐνβῆναι ἐν τῷ βαλανείῳ εἰς τὸ θερμὸν ὕδωρ οἶνον περιχέασθαι [[ “IG” 42(1).126.13 (Epid.)] Refs]; μικρὸν περιχέασθαι take a moderate bath, Mnesith. cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.484b ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ψυχρῷ π. [[ 1st c.AD: Anonymus Londinensis 38.39 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; στολὴν.. π. [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Vitae Sophistarum” p.477B. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]