κατανείφω

κατανείφω, fut. -νείψω (v. infr.),

• snow all over, cover with snow, κατένειψε χιόνι τὴν Θρᾴκην [ὁ θεός], i.e. snow fell over all Thrace, Ar. Ach. 138:—Pass., Plu. Luc. 24: metaph., sprinkle as with snow, Luc. VH 2.14; κατανείψων ἀπὸ γλώσσης ἅπαντας Id. Lex. 15.
• • II abs., κατανείφει it snows, κεἰ κριμνώδη κατανείφοι even were it to snow thick as meal, Ar. Nu. 965.