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ἐπιρρέω

epirreo

flow upon the surface, float

Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐπιρρέω, late fut. -ρρεύσω HeroSpir. 1.9: aor. 1 Act. -ερρευσα Procop. Aed. 4.6: pf. -έρρευκα Gal. ap. Orib. 51.36.17: aor. 2 Pass. -ερρύην Hp. Nat.Hom. 1, etc.:—Α. flow upon the surface, float, καθύπερθεν ἐπιρρέει ἠΰτʼ ἔλαιον Il. 2.754. 2. flow in besides, keep on flowing, ποταμοῖσι . . ἐμβαίνουσιν . . ἕτερα ὕδατα ἐπιρρεῖ Heraclit. 12; ἐπιρρεόντων ποταμῶν (into the sea), Ar. Nu. 1294; χολὴ πλείων ἐπιρρέουσα Pl. Ti. 85e; ἄνωθεν ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρούρας ib.22e: metaph. of large bodies of men, stream on, ἐπέρρεον ἔθνεα πεζῶν Il. 11.724; ἐπιρρεόντων τῶν Ἑλλήνων καὶ γινομένων πλεύνων Hdt. 9.38; ἐ. ὄχλος Γοργόνων Pl. Phdr. 229d; of a flood of topics, Id. Tht. 177e; ὄχλος πολὺς ἄμμιν ἐπιρρεῖ Theoc. 15.59; of the ἀπόρροιαι of Democritus, Plu. 2.733d: c. inf., τὸ πλῆθος τῶν εἰπεῖν ἐπιρρεόντων Isoc. 12.95: metaph. also, οὑπιρρέων χρόνος onward-streaming time, i.e. the future, A. Eu. 853; ὄλβου ἐπιρρυέντος if wealth accumulates, E. Med. 1229; ἀγαθῶν ἐπιρρεόντων X. Ap. 27; πολλὴ αὔξη ὅταν ἐ. πόνων Pl. Lg. 788d; τὰ ἐπιρρέοντα the stream of wealth, Aen.Gaz. Thphr.p.27 B. 3. c. gen., [τρίποδες] οἴνου ἐπέρρεον flowed with wine, Philostr. VA 3.27. II. Pass., to be watered, ὕδασι Paus. 9.8.6.
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