κατα·νείφω, mieux que κατα·νίφω [ῑ]
   I tr.
      1 couvrir de neige, acc. AR. Ach. 138 ; PLUT. Luc. 24 ;
      2 couvrir comme de neige, acc. LUC. Lex. 15 ; V.H. 2, 14 ;
   II impers. il neige, AR. Nub. 965.

fut. -νείψω (v. infr.), snow all over, cover with snow, κατένειψε χιόνι τὴν Θρᾴκην [ὁ θεός], i.e.
snow fell over all Thrace, Ar. Ach. 138; — Pass., Plu. Luc. 24; metaph, sprinkle as with snow, Luc. VH 2.14; κατανείψων ἀπὸ γλώσσης ἅπαντας Id. Lex. 15. abs., κατανείφει it snows, κεἰ κριμνώδη κατανείφοι even were it to snow thick as meal, Ar. Nu. 965.