ἐμπάσσω

A. sprinkle in or on, τι ἔς τι Thphr. Lap. 67; τῆς τέφρας some powder, Pl. Ly. 210a; τί τινι Gal. 11.134: in Hom. only metaph., weave rich patterns in a web of cloth, πολέας δ’ ἐνέπασσεν ἀέθλους Il. 3.126, cf. 22.441.