inundate
From LSJ
Ὁ θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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).
