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κατ-αμπέχω

katampecho

encompass, full of, fed on grass

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What it meant

κατ-αμπέχω · kat-ampechō — LSJ

encompass, full of, fed on grass, stuffed with herbs, cover

encompass, εὔψυχον ἄνδρα κούφῃ καταμπίσχουσιν ἐν τύμβῳ χθονί, i.e. bury him, E. Hel. 853; μηκάδων μέλη, χλόην καταμπέχοντα full of green herbs, i.e. either fed on grass or stuffed with herbs, Antiph. 1; cover, τὰ κράνη -αμπέχοντες Plu. Crass. 11.

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No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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