κατακλύζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-κλύσω</b> [ῠ], poet. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -κλύσσω <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).10</span>: pf. κατακέκλυκα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMagd.</span>28.10</span> (iii B. C.):—<b class="b2">deluge, inundate</b>, τὴν γῆν <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.13</span> (of the Nile), cf. <span class="bibl">99</span> (Pass.), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.89</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>22d</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span> 90.24 (Rosetta, ii B. C.):—Pass., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>2p.15</span>[= <span class="bibl">3</span> p.xv] (iii B. C.), etc.; ὑπ' ὄμβρων -κλυζόμενος <span class="bibl">Isoc.11.12</span>; κόσμος ὕδατι -κλυσθείς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Pet.</span> 3.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">deluge, overwhelm</b>, τοίους γὰρ κατὰ κῦμα . . ἔκλυσεν <span class="bibl">Archil.9.3</span>; τὴν Φρυγῶν πόλιν . . ἤλπισας κατακλύσειν δαπάναισιν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 995</span>; ἅπαντα . . κατακλύσει ποιήμασιν <span class="bibl">Cratin.186</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἀφθονίᾳ δίαιταν</b> <b class="b2">make</b> life <b class="b2">overflow</b> with plenty, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>2.8</span>; <b class="b3">κατακλύσαι δεινῶν πόνων</b> <b class="b2">deluge</b> with sufferings, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>343</span> (lyr.); εἰ καὶ μέλλει γέλωτι . . ὥσπερ κῦμα . . κατακλύσειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>473c</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ἀλλοδαπῶν κύματι φωτῶν -κλυσθῆναι</b>, of a city, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1084</span> (anap.); -κλυσθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ τοιούτου ψόγου ἢ ἐπαίνου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>492c</span>; Χρυσίῳ -κεκλυσμένος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>14</span>; -κλυσθέντα πλήθει κακῶν <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>5.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">wash down</b> or <b class="b2">away</b>, κῦμα κ. ψᾶφον ἑλισσομέναν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.22.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">wash out</b>, τὰ ἴχνη τοῦ λαγώ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">fill full of water</b>, τὴν πύελον <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pax</span>843</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">clean out</b> a bath, Gal.15.198.</span>