κατηρεφής

A. covered over, vaulted, overhanging, σπέος εὺρὺ κ. Od. 13.349; κλισίας τε κ. Il. 18.589; ἐν σμήνεσσι κ. μέλισσαι Hes. Th. 594; μέγα κῦμα . . κ. Od. 5.367: c. dat., σπέος δάφνῃσι κ. shaded by, embowered in them, 9.183; δώματα πέτρῃσι κ. Hes. Th. 778; so in Trag., κ. πέτρος, of a cave, S. Ph. 272; ἐν κ. στέγῃ χθονός Id. El. 381; κ. τύμβος Id. Ant. 885; κ. αὐτῇ τῇ πέτρᾳ Pl. Criti. 116b; of trees, thick-leaved, Theoc. 7.9; κ. πόδα τιθέναι keep the foot covered, of Pallas seated, when the robe falls over her feet, opp. ὀρθὸν πόδα τ., A. Eu. 294.

2. c. gen., στέγην, ἧς κατηρεφεῖς δόμοι E. Hipp. 468; τράπεζαι κ. παντοίων ἀγαθῶν covered with, full of, Anacr. 121.