overflow
From LSJ
ὁ νόμος βούλεται μὲν εὑεργετεῖν βίον ἀνθρώπων (Democritus) → Law is meant to benefit human life
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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.
