περιχέω (pericheō)

to pour round or over , τί τινι, properly of liquids, (Homer); of metal-workers, χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας having spread gold leaf round its horns, (Iliad by Homer); so in Mid., ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τις χρυσὸν περιχεύεται ἀργύρῳ (Odyssey by Homer):—;Pass. to be poured around , περὶ δ᾽ ἀμβρόσιος κέχυθ᾽ ὕπνος (Iliad by Homer); τῶν ὀστέων περικεχυμένων heaped all round , (Herdotus Historicus); of persons, περιχυθέντες crowding round , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)