inundation
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. κατακλυσμός, ὁ, ἐπίκλυσις, ἡ.
there was a retreat of the water but no inundation: P. ἐγένετο… κύματος ἐπαναχώρησίς τις οὐ μέντοι ἐπέκλυσέ γε (Thuc. 3, 89).
Translations
Arabic: فيضان; Bulgarian: наводнение; Chamicuro: imujki; Chinese Mandarin: 洪水; Czech: zaplavení, záplava; Dutch: inundatie; French: inondation; Georgian: დატბორვა; German: Überschwemmung, Überflutung; Ancient Greek: ἄμβασις, ἀνάβασις, ἀνάχυσις, βροχή, ἔμπτωσις, θαλάσσω, θαλάσσωσις, θαλάττωσις, κατακλυσμός, ὄμβρος, πλήμυρα; Hungarian: áradás; Italian: inondazione, allagamento, alluvione; Japanese: 洪水; Korean: 홍수; Latin: eluvio, abluvium; Nanai: далан; Ottoman Turkish: سیل, طوفان; Persian: سیلاب; Plautdietsch: Äwaschwamunk; Polish: powódź, potop; Portuguese: inundação; Romanian: inundare, inundație; Russian: наводнение, потоп; Spanish: inundación; Ukrainian: повінь, повідь, затоплення, потоп
