κεύθω

A. κεύσω Od. 3.187: aor. 1 ἔκευσα(ἐπ-) 15.263: Ep. aor. κύθε [υ] 3.16, Eratosth. 4, redupl. subj. κεκύθω [υ] Od. 6.303: pf. κέκευθα Il. 22.118: plpf. ἐκεκεύθειν, κεκ-, Od. 9.348, Hes. Th. 505:— Pass., Il. 23.244, etc.: pf. κέκευται Hsch., part. κεκυθημένη Antim. 3. (Perh. cogn. with Lat. custos, OE. hýdan 'hide'.):—poet. Verb, cover, hide, esp. of the grave, ὅπου κύθε γαῖα where earth covered him, Od. 3.16 (also in Pass., εἰς ὅ κεν αὐτὸς ἐγὼν Ἄϊδι κεύθωμαι, i.e. till I am in the grave, Il. 23.244); ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κ. A. Pr. 570 (lyr.), cf.E. Hec. 325; ὁπότ’ ἄν σε δόμοι κεκύθωσι, i.e. when thou hast entered the house, Od. 6.303, cf. S. OT 1229, E. Hec. 880: in pf., contain, ὅσα πτόλις ἥδε κέκευθε Il. 22.118; οἷόν τι ποτὸν . . νηῦς ἐκεκεύθει Od. 9.348; Ἀρχεδίκην ἥδε κέκευθε κόνις Simon. 111, cf. 95; εἴπερ τόδε κ. αὐτὸν τεῦχος, of a cinerary urn, S. El. 1120, cf. A. Ch. 687; ἂ κ. δέλτος ἐν πτυχαῖς E. IA 112:—Med., Epigr.Gr. 1081 (Ilium).

2. conceal, and in pf., keep concealed or hidden, δόλῳ δ’ ὅ γε δάκρυα κεῦθεν Od. 19.212; ὅς χ’ ἕτερον μὲν κεύθῃ ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃ Il. 9.313; μῆτιν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι κέκευθε Od. 3.18, cf. 8.548, 24.474; οὐκέτι κεύθετε θυμῷ βρωτὺν οὐδὲ ποτῆτα no more can ye disguise your eating and drinking, 18.406; κ. φόνον Emp. 100.5; κ. [τι] ἔνδον καρδίας A. Ch. 102, cf. 739; σιγῇ κ. S. Tr. 989 (anap.); κακόν τι κεύθεις καὶ στέγεις ὑπὸ σκότῳ E. Ph. 1214; μῦθος ὃν κεύθω Id. Supp. 295; τί κεύθων . . σοφόν; Id. Heracl. 879; κ. μῆνιν cherish anger, like πέσσειν χόλον, ib.762 (lyr.); πάντα δόλον κεύθοισα v.l.in Theoc. 1.50.

3. c. dupl. acc., οὐδέ σε κεύσω [ταῦτα] nor will I keep them secret from thee, Od. 3.187, cf. Eratosth.l.c.

II. in Trag. sts. intr., to be concealed, lie hidden, S. OT 968, Aj. 635 (lyr.): esp. in pf., A. Th. 588, S. Ant. 911, El. 868 (lyr.).