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P. καταποντίζειν.
Met., <b class="b2">drown</b> (<b class="b2">sorrow, etc.</b>): P. and V. κοιμίζειν (Plat.); see [[alleviate]].
<b class="b2">Not hearing becausethe wind drowned the noise of their approach</b>: P. ψόφῳ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ προσιέναι αὐτοὺς ἀντιπαταγοῦντος τοῦ ἀνέμου οὐ κατακούσαντες (Thuc. 3, 22).
V. intrans. P. ἀποπνίγεσθαι, καταποντοῦσθαι, P. and V. ἀφανίζεσθαι.
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