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καλύπτω
καλύπτω lengthd. from Root !καλυβ, v. καλύβη to cover with a thing, παρδαλέηι μετάφρενον κάλυψεν Il.; νυκτὶ καλύψας Il.: simply, to cover, μέλαν δέ ἑ κῦμα κάλυψεν Il.; πέτρον χεὶρ ἐκάλυψεν his hand covered, grasped a stone, Il.; of death, τέλος θανάτοιο κάλυψεν ὀφθαλμούς Il., etc.; of grief, τὸν δʼ ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλυψε Il.; κ. χθονὶ γυῖα, i. e. to be buried, Pind.; also, χθονί, τάφωι κ. to bury another, Aesch.:—Mid. to cover or veil oneself, Hom.:—Pass., ἀσπίδι κεκαλυμμένος ὤμους Il.; ἐν χλαίνηι κεκαλ. Il., etc. like κρύπτω, to cover or conceal; κ. καρδίαι τι Soph.; Pass., κεκαλυμμένοι ἵππωι concealed in the horse, Od. to cover with dishonour, throw a cloud over, σὺ μὴ κάλυπτε Ἀθήνας Soph. to put over as a covering, Lat. circumdare, οἱ πέπλοιο πτύγμʼ ἐκάλυψεν Il.; οἱ ἄσιν καθύπερθε καλύψω I will put mud over him, Il.; ἀμφὶ Μενοιτιάδηι σάκος εὐρὺ καλύψας Il.

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to cover with

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καλύπτω lengthd. from Root !καλυβ, v. καλύβη to cover with a thing, παρδαλέηι μετάφρενον κάλυψεν Il.; νυκτὶ καλύψας Il.: simply, to cover, μέλαν δέ ἑ κῦμα κάλυψεν Il.; πέτρον χεὶρ ἐκάλυψεν his hand covered, grasped a stone, Il.; of death, τέλος θανάτοιο κάλυψεν ὀφθαλμούς Il., etc.; of grief, τὸν δʼ ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλυψε Il.; κ. χθονὶ γυῖα, i. e. to be buried, Pind.; also, χθονί, τάφωι κ. to bury another, Aesch.:—Mid. to cover or veil oneself, Hom.:—Pass., ἀσπίδι κεκαλυμμένος ὤμους Il.; ἐν χλαίνηι κεκαλ. Il., etc. like κρύπτω, to cover or conceal; κ. καρδίαι τι Soph.; Pass., κεκαλυμμένοι ἵππωι concealed in the horse, Od. to cover with dishonour, throw a cloud over, σὺ μὴ κάλυπτε Ἀθήνας Soph. to put over as a covering, Lat. circumdare, οἱ πέπλοιο πτύγμʼ ἐκάλυψεν Il.; οἱ ἄσιν καθύπερθε καλύψω I will put mud over him, Il.; ἀμφὶ Μενοιτιάδηι σάκος εὐρὺ καλύψας Il.
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16581
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n16597
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kalu/ptw

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