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ἀμφιχέομαι

ἀμφιχέομαι, pour

ἀμφιχέομαι (χέω), ipf. ἀμφεχεόμην, aor. 2 ἀμφεχύμην, ἀμφέχυτο, pass. aor. ἀμφεχύθην: pour or be diffused or shed around, embrace; πάρος κόνιν ἀμφιχυθῆναι, before the dust (stirred by the feet of Ajax immediately in advance) could ‘pour (rise) round’ him (Odysseus), Il. 23.763; ἀμφιχυθεὶς πατέρα, Od. 16.214, ἀμφεχέοντο (‘thronged around’) καὶ ἠσπάζοντʼ Ὀδυσῆα, Od. 22.498; metaph., of sounds (Il. 2.41), feelings (Od. 4.716), sleep (Il. 14.253).

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