πλήμυρα
From LSJ
Ὅτι οὐδὲν ἧττον τὰ αὐτὰ ποιήσουσι, κἂν σὺ διαρραγῇς → You may break your heart, but men will still go on as before
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A = πλημυρίς, flood-tide, flood, Thphr.Sign.29, LXX Jb.40.18(23), Placit.3.17.1, D.H.1.71, AP9.291 (Crin.), Ev.Luc. 6.48, Plu.Rom.3, etc.; inundation of the Nile, POxy.1409.17 (iii A. D.): metaph., λόγου Ph.1.175, cf. 690 (pl.); κακῶν S.E.M.11.157. 2 Medic., accumulation, excessive flow, Lycusap.Orib.8.25.39, Aret.SA2.9, SD 2.2.