περιρρέω

1. with accusative to flow round , τὸν δ᾽ αἷμα περίρρεε (Odyssey by Homer); νῆσον π. ὁ Νεῖλος (Herdotus Historicus), etc.:—;Pass. to be surrounded by water , (Xenophon Historicus)

2. to slip away on all sides , ἡ ἀσπὶς περιερρύη εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν slipped off his arm into the sea, (Thucydides); [ αἱ πέδαι] αὐτόμαται π. (Xenophon Historicus)

3. to overflow on all sides , σοὶ περιρρείτω βίος may thy means of living abound , (Sophocles Tragicus); οὐδενὸς περιρρέοντος being superfluous , (Plutarch):—;Pass. to be all dripping , ἱδρῶτι with sweat, (Plutarch) (ML)