Liddell-Scott-Jones

περιχέω (pericheō) to pour about ^G:V

περιχέω,

Epic dialect περιχεύω, aorist περίχευα (see. below), pour, spread, or scatter round or over, ἥν [ἠέρα] οἱ περίχευεν Ἀθήνη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of solids, ἅλις χέραδος περιχεύας [Refs]; χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας having spread gold leaf round its horns, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σκότος τοῖς δικασταῖς 'throw dust in the eyes of.. ', [Refs 1st c.AD+]:— middle, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τις χρυσὸν περιχεύεται ἀργύρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+]:— passive, to be poured around, περὶ δ᾽ ἀμβρόσιος κέχυθ᾽ ὕπνος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῶν ὀστέων περικεχυμένων scattered all round, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 of persons, π. στρατὸν τείχει [Refs 3rd c.AD+] — frequently in passive, περιχυθέντες crowding round, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 π. τινἰ (i.e. ὕδωρ) pour water over one, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—middle, pour or have poured over oneself, πρὶν ἐνβῆναι ἐν τῷ βαλανείῳ εἰς τὸ θερμὸν ὕδωρ οἶνον περιχέασθαι [Refs]; μικρὸν περιχέασθαι take a moderate bath, Mnesith. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ψυχρῷ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; στολὴν.. π. [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II passive, embrace, τινι [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III drench, τι ὕδατι [Refs 1st c.AD+]