drown
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
Met., drown (sorrow, etc.): P. and V. κοιμίζειν (Plato); see alleviate.
not hearing becausethe wind drowned the noise of their approach: P. ψόφῳ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ προσιέναι αὐτοὺς ἀντιπαταγοῦντος τοῦ ἀνέμου οὐ κατακούσαντες (Thuc. 3, 22).
verb intransitive
P. ἀποπνίγεσθαι, καταποντοῦσθαι, P. and V. ἀφανίζεσθαι.
