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Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
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===verb transitive=== | |||
[[ruin]], [[destroy]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καθαιρεῖν]], [[διαφθείρω]], [[διαφθείρειν]]; see [[destroy]]. | |||
Met., | [[flood]], [[deluge]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κατακλύζω]], [[κατακλύζειν]]. | ||
[[cover over]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[καταχωννύναι]]. | |||
[[overpower]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κατέχειν]], [[χειροῦσθαι]], [[καταστρέφεσθαι]]. | |||
Met., [[crush]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πιέζειν]]. | |||
[[overwhelm]] (the [[feeling]]s): [[prose|P.]] [[καταπλήσσω]], [[καταπλήσσειν]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκπλήσσω]], [[ἐκπλήσσειν]]. | |||
[[overwhelm with reproaches]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὀνείδεσι περιβάλλειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἀράσσειν ὀνείδεσι]], or use [[reproach]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:58, 15 November 2022
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
ruin, destroy: P. and V. καθαιρεῖν, διαφθείρω, διαφθείρειν; see destroy.
flood, deluge: P. and V. κατακλύζω, κατακλύζειν.
cover over: Ar. and P. καταχωννύναι.
overpower: P. and V. κατέχειν, χειροῦσθαι, καταστρέφεσθαι.
Met., crush: P. and V. πιέζειν.
overwhelm (the feelings): P. καταπλήσσω, καταπλήσσειν, P. and V. ἐκπλήσσω, ἐκπλήσσειν.
overwhelm with reproaches: P. ὀνείδεσι περιβάλλειν, V. ἀράσσειν ὀνείδεσι, or use reproach.
