1. to sprinkle , φάρμακα πάσσων laying salves upon a wound, (Iliad by Homer): —;with genitive partitive, πάσσε ἁλός sprinkle some salt, (Iliad by Homer)

2. to besprinkle , χρυσῶι, ῥόδοις π. τινά (Aristophanes Comicus)

3. metaphorically to embroider, broider , (Iliad by Homer); π. ἀέθλους to work battles in embroidery , (Iliad by Homer) (ML)