inundation
From LSJ
σιγᾶν ἄμεινον ἢ λαλεῖν ἃ μὴ πρέπει → it's better to keep silence than to say what's not appropriate (Menander)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. κατακλυσμός, ὁ, ἐπίκλυσις, ἡ.
there was a retreat of the water but no inundation: P. ἐγένετο… κύματος ἐπαναχώρησίς τις οὐ μέντοι ἐπέκλυσέγε (Thuc. 3, 89).
