ertrinken

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ὀλιγαρχία δὲ τῶν μὲν κινδύνων τοῖς πολλοῖς μεταδίδωσι͵ τῶν δ΄ ὠφελίμων οὐ πλεονεκτεῖ μόνον, ἀλλὰ κτλ. → But an oligarchy gives the many a share of the danger, and not content with the largest part takes and keeps the whole of the profit (Thucyd. 6.39)

Source

German > Latin

ertrinken, aquis hauriri; aquis od. fluctibus submergi; fluctibus obrui. – im tiefen Sumpfe, im Strudel e., profundo limo, gurgitibus hauriri: mitten im Flusse, medio in flumine submergi.