The corpus record

κατά-χυσμα

katachusma · τό

that which is poured over, sauce

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Where it lives

Plutus 3 · 3.72/10k
Birds 2 · 1.88/10k
Against Stephanus 1 1 · 1.77/10k

What it meant

κατά-χυσμα · kata-chysma — LSJ

that which is poured over, sauce

that which is poured over, sauce, Ar. Av. 535 (anap.), 1637; βολβοὺς . . καταχύσματι δεύσας Pl.Com. 173.9; τὰ κ. ὄξος οὐκ ἔχει Philonid. 9.

2 handfuls, showered over

καταχύσματα, τά, handfuls of nuts, figs, etc., showered over a bride, τὰ κ. κατάχει τοῦ νυμφίου Theopomp.Com. 14; also on a new slave, by way of welcome, Ar. Pl. 768 (cf. Sch.adloc.), D. 45.74; cf. κατάχυμα.

In the wild

κατάχυσμα · katachysma Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 1211)
κατάχυσμʼ · katachysmʼ Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 445)
καταχύσματα · katachysmata Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 603)
καταχύσματα · katachysmata Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 615)
καταχύσματα · katachysmata Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 618)
καταχύσματʼ · katachysmatʼ Demosthenes, Against Stephanus 1 74 (DIORISIS sentence 242)

Where it came from

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