inundate

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

Ar. and P. κατακλύζω, κατακλύζειν.

Met., overwhelm: P. and V. κατακλύζω, κατακλύζειν.

the sea forming into a wave inundated part of the city: P. ἡ θάλασσα… κυματωθεῖσα ἐπῆλθε τῆς πόλεως μέρος τι (Thuc. 3, 89).