ἐγχέω

egcheo

pour in

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

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Mechanica 1
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Chapter 2 848b1–850a2

849b37
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 141 845a1–9

845a5
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1353b22
Physics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 7 213b30–214b11

214b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐγχέω, Ep. subj. ἐγχείῃ (v. infr.): fut. -χέω, late ἐγχύσω f.l. in Hero Spir. 1.33: aor. ἐνέχεα, Ep. ἐνέχευα, but 3pl. ἐνέχεαν in tmesi Od. 8.436; imper. ἔγχεον E. Cyc. 568: pf. Pass. ἐγκέχῠμαι:—Α. pour in, ἐν δʼ οἶνον ἔχευεν Od. 3.40, 6.77; μέθυ . . ἐγχείῃ δεπάεσσι 9.10; ἔγχεε κέρναις ἔνα καὶ δύο Alc. 41.4; οἶνον ἐς κύλικα Hdt. 4.70; ὄξος τʼ ἄλειφά τʼ ἐγχέας ταὐτῷ κύτει A. Ag. 322; φάρμακα X. Cyr. 1.3.9; κἂν οἶνόν μοι μὴ ʼγχῃς σὺ πιεῖν Ar. V. 616; ἐγχεῖν alone, fill the cup, τοῖς νεανίσκοις ἐγχεῖν ἐκέλευε X. An. 4.3.13, cf. Pl. Smp. 214a: c. gen., in honour of, τινός Call. Epigr. 31, AP 5.135, 136 (Mel.): also c. dat., ἔγχει καὶ Κήδωνι Scol. 27; ἐγχεῖν σπονδήν pour in wine for a libation, Ar. Pax 1102, Antipho 1.19:—Med., ὕδωρ δʼ ἐνεχεύατο πουλύ (with no med. sense) Od. 19.387; but in strict sense of Med., pour in wine for oneself, fill oneʼs cup, Ar. V. 617; εἰς τὴν χεῖρα ἐγχέασθαι pour [wine] into oneʼs own hand, X. Cyr. 1.3.9; ποτὸν ἐγχεῖσθαι Id. Smp. 2.26. 2. of dry things, pour in, shoot in, ἐν δέ μοι ἄλφιτα χεῦον . . δοροῖσιν Od. 2.354. b. ἐ. ἐς τὰς ῥῖνας πτερά thrust in, Ar. Av. 1081. 3. metaph., infuse, instil, in Pass., πᾶσιν ἡμῖν θανάσιμον -κέχυται τὸ τῆς γενέσεως φάρμακον Metrod. 53; τὸ δʼ αὖ τῆς ἡδονῆς πολὺ πλέον ἐγκεχυμένον Pl. Phlb. 47a. II. sts. with acc. of the cup, fill by pouring in, κρατῆρα S. Fr. 563; φιάλην X. Smp. 2.23; ἔγχεον . . Διός γε τήνδε σωτῆρος Alex. 232; ἐγχέασα . . ἀγαθοῦ δαίμονος (sc. κύλικα) Nicostr. 20. III. ἐγχεῖν ὕδωρ τινί (v. κλεψύδρα) D. 19.213, cf. 43.8:—Pass., ἐγχεῖται τὸ πρῶτον ὕδωρ Aeschin. 3.197.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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