inundate

From LSJ

Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε θηρίον θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god

Aristotle, Politics, 1253a25

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb transitive

Ar. and P. κατακλύζω, κατακλύζειν.

Met., overwhelm: P. and V. κατακλύζω, κατακλύζειν.

the sea forming into a wave inundated part of the city: P. ἡ θάλασσα… κυματωθεῖσα ἐπῆλθε τῆς πόλεως μέρος τι (Thuc. 3, 89).

Translations

Bulgarian: заливам, наводнявам; Catalan: inundar; Chinese Mandarin: 淹沒/淹没; Czech: zaplavit; Dutch: inunderen; Finnish: hukuttaa; French: inonder; Galician: asolagar, alagar, anegar, inundar; German: überfluten; Greek: κατακλύζω, πλημμυρίζω; Ancient Greek: ἀμφικλύζω, καταβρέχω, κατακλύζειν, κατακλύζω; Hindi: परिप्लावित; Ido: inundar; Italian: inondare; Maori: whakaparawhenua; Persian: غرقه کردن; Polish: zalać; Portuguese: inundar; Russian: заливать, залить, затоплять, затопить, наводнять, наводнить; Spanish: inundar; Swedish: översvämma; Turkish: sel basmak, su basmak; Welsh: gorlifo