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διαχέω

διαχέω, to pour different ways, to disperse

διαχέω, fut. -χεῶ, later -χύσω Gp. 7.8.4: aor. -έχεα, Ep. -έχευα (the only tense used by Hom.):—
  • pour different ways, scatter, τὸν χοῦν Hdt. 2.150.
        • b in Hom., cut up a victim into joints, αῖψʼ ἄρα μιν διέχευαν Od. 3.456, cf. Il. 7.316, al.; χαλκὸς ἔγκατα διέχευεν Theoc. 22.203.
      • 2 disperse, τὰ συγκεκριμένα Pl. Phlb. 46e; ἡ θερμότης δ. τὸ ὑγρόν Arist. Pr. 869a15; melt, fuse, χαλκόν Paus. 9.41.1; liquefy, opp. πηγνύναι, Pl. Ti. 46d; νῆα . . διέχευαν ἄελλαι A.R. 3.320; δ. ἀποστήματα disperse abscesses, Thphr. Od. 59(61); δ. ἴχνη to destroy the scent, X. Cyn. 5.3:—Pass., ib. 8.1:—also Med., dissolve, Nic. Al. 373.
      • 3 metaph., confound, τὰ βεβουλευμένα Hdt. 8.57.
      • 4 put in a good humour, τινὰ ὁμιλίαις καὶ λόγοις Plu. Adul. 2.74d, cf. Philostr. VS 2.10.1, Hermog. Id. 2.9.
    • II more freq. in Pass., to be poured from one vessel into another, Hdt. 6.119.
      • 2 run through, spread, Th. 2.75, 76, Arist. Fr. 243.
      • 3 to be dissolved, liquefied, X. Cyn. 8.1, Arist. Pr. 890b17, etc.; of a corpse, Hdt. 3.16; disperse, of soldiers, X. HG 7.4.34; of humours, Hp. Epid. 4.45.
      • 4 metaph., to be or become diffused or relaxed, εὐφραινόμενον -χεῖται, opp. λυπούμενον συσπειρᾶται, Pl. Smp. 206d; ὑπὸ μέθης διακεχυμένος Id. Lg. 775c, cf. Plb. 8.27.4; [αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι] οὐ διαχέονται Epicur. Sent. 30; μαλακὸν καὶ διακεχυμένον βλέπειν Arist. Phgn. 813a26; φαιδρὸν καὶ δ. πρόσωπον Plu. Alex. 19; τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ παθητικὸν διακεχυμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου Zeno ap. eund. Adul. 2.82f, cf. Tryph. Trop. p.205 S.

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