The corpus record

καταχρῡσ-όω

katachrusoo

cover with gold-leaf, gild

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Where it lives

Exodus 13 · 5.49/10k
Paralipomenon II 4 · 2.03/10k
Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
Histories 6 · 0.33/10k

What it meant

καταχρῡσ-όω · katachrys-oō — LSJ

cover with gold-leaf, gild

cover with gold-leaf, gild, Hdt. 2.129, 3.56, 4.26:—Pass., Id. 1.98, 2.63, IG 2(2).1388.77.

II make golden, splendid, plastered, with gold

metaph., make golden (i.e. splendid), τὴν πόλιν Plu. Per. 12; κατεχρύσου πᾶς ἀνὴρ Εὐριπίδην plastered him with gold (opp. κατεπίττου), Ar. Ec. 826.

In the wild

κατεχρύσου · katechrysou Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 679)
κατακεχρυσωμένους · katakechrysōmenous Herodotus, Histories 1.98.6 (DIORISIS sentence 727)
καταχρυσώσαντά · katachrysōsanta Herodotus, Histories 2.129.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2477)
κατακεχρυσωμένῳ · katakechrysōmenōi Herodotus, Histories 2.63.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1981)
καταχρυσώσαντα · katachrysōsanta Herodotus, Histories 3.56.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3283)
καταχρυσοῦσι · katachrysousi Herodotus, Histories 4.26.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4257)

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