παλύνω

A. strew, sprinkle, λεύκ’ ἄλφιτα πολλὰ πάλυνον (i.e. sprinkled in water, expld. by Sch. ἔμασσον, ἔφυρον) Il. 18.560; ἐπὶ δ’ ἄλφιτα λευκὰ παλύνειν Od. 10.520, cf. 11.28, etc.; τι ἐπί τινι S. Ant. 247.

II. bestrew, besprinkle, with dat. of the thing sprinkled, παλύνας ἀλφίτου ἀκτῇ Od. 14.429:—Pass., ἁ σῦριγξ εὐρῶτι παλύνεται Theoc. 4.28.

2. of liquids, κάρην ἱδρῶτι παλῦναι D.P. 1049.

3. besmear, ἰξῷ AP 10.11 (Satyr.), cf. A.R. 3.1256 (Pass.).

III. cover lightly, χιὼν ἐπάλυνεν ἀρούρας Il. 10.7; νιφετῷ δ’ ἐπαλύνετο πάντα A.R. 3.69.