overflow

From LSJ

τὸ τερπνὸν παρεμπορεύομαι → yield delight besides instruction, mix business with pleasure

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb transitive

Ar. and P. κατακλύζω, κατακλύζειν. Absol., P. ὑπεραίρειν (Dem. 1274); see also inundate.

Met., abound: P. εὐπορεῖν, V. πληθύειν (also Plato but rare P.), Ar. and V. βρύειν, θάλλειν.

overflow with: P. εὐπορεῖν, (gen. or dat.), V. πληθύειν (gen. or dat.) (Plato also but rare P.), Ar. and V. βρύειν (gen. or dat.), P. and V. ῥεῖν (dat.); see abound with.

substantive

inundation: P. κατακλυσμός, ὁ, ἐπίκλυσις, ἡ.

Met., surplus: Ar. and P. περιουσία, ἡ.