sing. and pl. aor. 2 cuvto »uØ1/4, e[cunto, cuvnto , part. cuvmeno" : pf. kevcuØmai : Ep. 3 sing. plqpf. kevcuØto . Radic. sense, to pour:
I. properly of liquids, to pour out, pour, Hom ., etc. ; Zeus cevei u{dwr , i.e. he makes it rain, Il.; cevei ciovna boreva" Eur .; absol. , cevei it snows, Il.:— Med. to pour for oneself, esp. of drink-offerings, coa;" ceovmhn nekuvessi Od., etc. :— Pass. , cevontai krh`nai they gush forth, Eur .; cuqevnto" potou` ej" gh`n Soph.
2. c. davkrua 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,
fuvlla
Il.;
pterav
Od.;
c. kovnin ka;k kefalh`"
Hom
.;
c. kalavmhn cqoniv
, of a mower or reaper (
v.
kalavmh
), Il.
2.
like
cwvnnumi
,
to throw out
earth, so as to form a mound,
sh`ma, tuvmbon c
.
Hom.
3.
c. dou`ra
to pour
or
shower
spears, Il.;
Med.
,
bevlea cevonto
they showered their
arrows, Ib.
4.
to let fall
or
drop,
hJniva
Ib.; so,
cevein krovkou bafa;"
(
v.
bafhv
II
)
Aesch.
; but,
karpo;n c
., 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.
III.
metaph.
of sounds,
to pour forth,
fwnhvn, aujdhvn
Od.;
fqovggon
Aesch.
2.
of things that obscure the sight,
katÆ ojfqalmw`n ceven ajcluvn
shed
a dark cloud over the eyes, Il.;
pollh;n hjevra ceu`e
shed
a mist abroad, Od.:—
Pass.
,
ajmfi; dev oiJ qavnato" cuvto
was shed
around him, Il.;
novso" kevcutai
Soph
.;
fri;x ejpi; povnton ejceuvato
(
Med.
in
pass.
sense), Il.
3. of persons, ajmfÆ aujtw`/ cumevnh throwing herself around him, Hom. : so in Med. , ajmfi; uiJo;n ejceuvato phvcee Il.
4. pf. pass. kevcumai , to be wholly engaged in, Da`lo", ejn a|/ kevcumai Pind.
chj
chj , crasis for kai; hJ .
chvl-argo" , Dor. ca<Eth>l- , on , ( chlhv ) with fleet hoofs, c. a{millai the racing of fleet horses, Soph.
chleutov"
chleutov" , hv, ovn , verb. Adj. netted, plaited, Hdt. From chleuvw
chleuvw
chleuvw , ( chlhv III ) to net, plait, Eupol.
chlhv, CHL vH
CHL vH , hJ , a horses hoof, Hes ., Eur. :—also, a cloven hoof, Eur.
2.
in
pl.
, of
the talons
of a bird,
Trag.
; of a wolfs
claws,
Theocr.
II.
a sea-bank, breakwater,
formed of stones laid at the base of a sea-wall, to break the force of the waves (so called because it projected
like a hoof),
Lat.
crepido
,
Thuc
.,
Xen.
2.
the spur of a mountain
or
ridge of rocks
answering a like purpose,
Thuc.
III.
a cloven implement,
such as
a netting-needle;
—
cf.
chleuvw
.
chlov"
chlov" , ou`, hJ , a large chest or coffer, Hom ., Theocr.
chvn, CH vN