ἐπιρρέω

ἐπιρρέω, late fut. -ρρεύσω Hero Spir. 1.9: aor. 1 Act. -έρρευσα Procop. Aed. 4.6: pf. -έρρευκα Gal. ap. Orib. 51.36.17: aor. 2 Pass. -ερρύην Hp. Nat.Hom. 1, etc.:—

• 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. QConv. 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.

ἐπιρρέω, (ῥέω), darauf, darüber hinfließen, überströmen, ἀλλά τέ μιν καθύπερθεν ἐπιρρέει Il. 2.754 ; zufließen, οὐδὲν γίγνεται ἐπιρρεόντων τῶν ποταμῶν πλείων ἡ θάλασσα Ar. Nub. 1294 ; ἄνωθεν ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρούρας ὕδωρ ἐπιρρεῖ Plat. Tim. 22e ; übertr., τὰ δʼ ἐπέρρεεν ἔθνεα πεζῶν, die Scharen strömten herbei, Il. 11.723, wie ὄχλος Γοργόνων Plat. Phaedr. 229d ; οὑπιρρέων γὰρ τιμιώτερος χρόνος ἔσται, die herankommende, zukünftige Zeit, Aesch. Eum. 815 ; ὄλβου ἐπιρρυέντος Eur. Med. 1229 ; ἐπιρρεόντων τῶν Ἑλλήνων καὶ γιγνομένων πλεύνων Her. 9.38 ; ἐπιρρυείσης τῆς τροφῆς Plat. Phaedr. 251b, wie ἐπιρρεόντων ἀγαθῶν Xen. Apol. 27, wenn es zufließt, zuströmt.

ἐπιρρέω

[ἐπι- 12.]

• • 1

    To flow over or on the surface of.

    With acc.: πηνειόν Il. 2.754.

  • 2

    Fig., of bodies of men, to stream on and on Il. 11.724.

ἐπιρρέω (σρέω): flow upon, Il. 2.754; met., stream on, Il. 11.724. (Il.)

ἐπιρρέω fut. -ρεύσομαι and in pass. form -ρυήσομαι aor2 pass. also in act. sense ἐπερρύην

• • • 1to flow upon the surface, float a-top, like oil on water, Il.
    • 2to flow in besides, flow fresh and fresh, Ar.:—metaph. of large bodies of men, to stream on and on, Il., Hdt.; also, οὑπιρρέων χρόνος onward-streaming time, i. e. the future, Aesch.; ὄλβου ἐπιρρυέντος if wealth flows on and on, increases continually, Eur.