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ἐγχέω

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Gloss: to pour

Transliteration: egcheō

Strong’s: G7040

1. to pour in , μέθυ ἐγχ. δεπάεσσι (Odyssey by Homer); οἶνον ἐς κύλικα (Herdotus Historicus); ἐγχεῖν alone, to pour in wine, to fill the cup , (Xenophon Historicus), etc.: —;Mid. to fill one's cup , (Aristophanes Comicus)
2. of dry things, to pour in, shoot in , (Odyssey by Homer)
3. with accusative of the cup, to fill by pouring in , (Xenophon Historicus)
4. ἐγχεῖν ὕδωρ τινί, i. e. to fill the κλεψύδρα (q. see.), (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
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