drown

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. καταποντίζειν.

Met., drown (sorrow, etc.): P. and V. κοιμίζειν (Plato); see alleviate.

not hearing becausethe wind drowned the noise of their approach: P. ψόφῳ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ προσιέναι αὐτοὺς ἀντιπαταγοῦντος τοῦ ἀνέμου οὐ κατακούσαντες (Thuc. 3, 22).

verb intransitive

P. ἀποπνίγεσθαι, καταποντοῦσθαι, P. and V. ἀφανίζεσθαι.