The corpus record

χεῦμα

cheuma · τό

that which is poured, stream

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

that which is poured, stream, stream of molten, spring water, water, streams

that which is poured, stream, χ. κασσιτέροιο stream of molten tin, Il. 23.561; χ. θαλάσσης A. Fr. 192.2 (anap.); πόντου E. Fr. 316.2, Trag.Adesp. 157; ποτάμιον χ. ὑδάτων E. Hel. 1304 (lyr.); χ. Ἐρασίνου A. Supp. 1020 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 293; χ. ἀκήρατον pure spring water, S. OC 471; even σταθερὸν χ. standing water, A. Fr. 276; also ἄνεμός ἐστιν ἠέρος ῥεῦμα καὶ χ. Hp. Flat. 3: pl., streams, Σκαμάνδρου Pi. N. 9.39, cf. A. Supp. 1028 (lyr.), E. Ph. 793 (lyr.).

2 fall

generally, χ. νιφετοῖο fall of snow, Nonn. D. 3.213, cf. 210.

3 stream, flow

metaph., stream, flow, εὔμουσα χ. AP 9.661 (Jul.Aeg.): of language, Longin. 13.1.

II cast vessels, bowls

pl., cast vessels, bowls, χεύματα ἀργύρεα κυκλοτερέα Hdt. 1.51, cf. Poll. 10.82.

In the wild

χεῦμα · cheuma Aeschylus, Eumenides 292–298
χεῦμʼ · cheumʼ Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 1018–1021
χεύμασι · cheumasi Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 1026–1029
χεύμασιν · cheumasin Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 58)
χεῦμʼ · cheumʼ Euripides, Helen 1 (DIORISIS sentence 901)
χεύμασι · cheumasi Euripides, Heracles 894–895

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Where it came from

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