πλημύρω
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English (LSJ)
A = πλημυρέω, overflow, Call.Del.263, AP5.203 (Mel.), Orph.A.1053: hence, to be filled with food, Panyas.12.18; of the Nile, PLond.3.924.10 (ii A. D.); γαῖα… αἵματι πλημύρεσκεν Q.S.11.161: metaph., π. σθένει B.5.107, cf. Ph. ap. Eus.PE8.14; πλημύρουσα πᾶσιν ἀγαθοῖς ἡ Αἴγυπτος OGI666.8 (Gizah, i A. D.).
2 swell, Archil.97; μαζοὶ π. A.R.4.706.
3 ἧπαρ πλημῦρον congested liver, Aret.CD1.3.
II causal, make to flow, μαστούς Ph.1.8; νύμφαι καλὰ νάματα πλημύρουσιν Orph.A.494:—Pass., overflow, ib.715:—in Hsch. for πλημυρόν, πλημῦρον (as part.) should be read.
Greek Monolingual
Α
βλ. πλημμύρω.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
πλημύρω soms πλημμύρω [πλήμυρα] overstromen.
