flood
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. κατακλυσμός, ὁ, ἐπίκλυσις, ἡ.
wave: P. and V. κλύδων, ὁ. κῦμα, τό.
stream: P. and V. ῥοή, ἡ, ῥεῦμα, τό; see stream.
be in full flood: P. μέγας ῥεῖν, P. and V. πολὺς ῥεῖν.
flood of tears: V. νᾶμα, τό, πλημμυρίς, ἡ, νοτίς, ἡ, ἐπιρροαί, αἱ (Euripides Fragment), πηγή, ἡ.
in floods (used of the flow of tears), adv.: P. and V. ἀστακτί.
Met., a flood of troubles, etc.: P. and V. κλύδων, ὁ, τρικυμία, ἡ (Plato), V. κῦμα, τό, ἐπιρροαί, αἱ, P. κατακλυσμός, ὁ.
indulge in flood eloquence: P. πολὺς ῥεῖν (Dem. 272).
verb transitive
P. κατακλύζω, κατακλύζειν; see inundate.
Met., overwhelm: P. and V. κατακλύζω, κατακλύζειν.
fill full: P. and V. ἐμπιπλάναι; see fill.
having my ears flood with talk: P. διατεθρυλημένος, τὰ ὦτα (Plato, Republic 358C); see deluge.
