ἐπιρρέω

A. ‐ρρεύσω Hero Spir. 1.9: aor. 1 Act. ‐ερρευσα 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 ἠΰτ’ 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. 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.