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ἐπιχειλής

ἐπιχειλής, full to the brim, brim-full

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ἐπιχειλῆ neuter nominative plural, neuter vocative plural, neuter accusative plural, masculine accusative singular, feminine accusative singular of ἐπιχειλής

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ἐπιχειλής, ές, (χεῖλος)
  • on or at the lips, γλῶσσα ἐ. a ready, chattering tongue, Poll. 6.120.
    • II full up to the rim (i.e. not quite full, as the rim was deep), of Themistocles, ἐποίησεν τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν μεστήν, εὑρὼν ἐπιχειλῆ Ar. Eq. 814.
      • 2 later, brim-full, πίθος ἐ. τῶν ἀγαθῶν Them. Or. 13.174d, cf. 8.115a: metaph., πλήρεις καὶ ἐ. ἁμαρτίαι Ph. 1.517.
    • III with the lips drawn in, like old people, Alciphr. 3.55.

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