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Ἐξ ἡδονῆς γὰρ φύεται τὸ δυστυχεῖν → Nempe est voluptas mater infortunii → Denn aus der Lust erwächst des Unheils Missgeschick

Menander, Monostichoi, 184

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substantive

V. καταβασμός, ὁ, καταβαθμός, ὁ, καταρράκτης, ὁ; see cataract.

Translations

Adyghe: псыкъефэх; Afrikaans: waterval; Ainu: ソ; Albanian: ujëvarë, skuranë; Amharic: ፏፏቴ; Apache Western Apache: túnálį́į́’; Arabic: شَلَّال‎; Egyptian Arabic: شلّال‎; Hijazi Arabic: شَلَّال‎; Aragonese: salto d'augua; Armenian: ջրվեժ; Asi: busáy; Asturian: catarata; Avar: чвахи; Azerbaijani: şəlalə; Bashkir: шарлауыҡ; Basque: ur-jauzi; Belarusian: вадаспад; Bengali: জলপ্রপাত; Bikol Central: busay; Brunei Bisaya: wasai; Brunei Malay: wasai, aing terajun; Bulgarian: водопад; Burmese: ရေတံခွန်; Catalan: cascada; Cebuano: busay; Central Dusun: wasai; Chechen: чухчари; Cherokee: ᎠᎹᏍᎧᎦᎯ; Chichewa: dziwe; Chinese Cantonese: 瀑布; Hakka: 瀑布; Mandarin: 瀑布; Min Dong: 瀑布; Min Nan: 瀑布; Chinook Jargon: tumwata; Chuvash: шарлак; Coastal Kadazan: vasai; Czech: vodopád; Danish: vandfald; Dupaningan Agta: tapaw; Dutch: waterval; Eastern Bontoc: oto; Esperanto: akvofalo, kaskado; Estonian: kosk, juga; Faroese: fossur; Fijian: savu; Finnish: vesiputous; French: cascade, chute d'eau; Galician: fervenza cadoiro cachoeira, freixa, seimeira, cenza; Georgian: ჩანჩქერი; German: Wasserfall, Katarakt; Greek: καταρράκτης; Ancient Greek: καταρράκτης, καταράκτης, καταβασμός, καταβαθμός; Guaraní: ytu, chororo; Gujarati: ધોધ; Haitian Creole: kaskad; Hawaiian: wailele; Hebrew: מַפַּל מַיִם‎; Hindi: जलप्रपात, आबशार, झरना; Hungarian: vízesés; Icelandic: foss; Ido: aquofalo; Igbo: nsụda mmiri; Ilocano: dissuor; Indonesian: air terjun; Inuktitut: ᖁᖅᓗᕐᓂᖅ; Iranun: aig a tibpu'; Irish: eas; Italian: cascata; Japanese: 滝, 瀑布; Javanese: ꦒꦿꦺꦴꦗꦺꦴꦒꦤ꧀; Kannada: ಜಲಪಾತ, ಧಬಧಬೆ, ಅಬ್ಬಿ, ಜೋಗು, ನೀರಿನ ಬೀಳು; Kapampangan: tulari; Karachay-Balkar: чучхур; Kazakh: құлама, сарқырама; Khmer: ទឹកធ្លាក់; Kimaragang: vasoi; Korean: 폭포(瀑布); Kumyk: шаршар; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: gilale; Kyrgyz: шаркыратма, шаркырама; Lao: ນ້ຳຕົກຕາດ, ນ້ຳຕົກ, ຕົກຕາດ, ນ້ຳຕາດ, ນ້ຳໂຕນຕາດ, ນ້ຳໂຕນຜາ, ໂຕນຕາດ; Latin: cataracta; Latvian: ūdenskritums; Lithuanian: krioklys; Lotud: wasai; Lubuagan Kalinga: teub; Luxembourgish: Waasserfall; Macedonian: водопад; Malagasy: riana, rian-drano; Malay: air terjun, air memancur; Malayalam: വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടം; Maltese: kaskata; Manchu: ᡨᡠᡵᠠᡴᡡ; Manx: eas; Maori: tāheke, hīrere, hohō; Mapudungun: trayken; Marathi: धबधबा; Mari Eastern Mari: вӱдшуҥгалтыш; Mon: ဍာ်ဆၚ်; Mongolian Cyrillic: хүрхрээ; Navajo: hadahiilį́; Nepali: झरना; Newar: झ्वाला; Northern Norwegian Bokmål: foss, fossefall, vannfall; Nynorsk: foss, fossefall, vassfall; Occitan: cascada, chorrèra; Old English: wæterġefeall; Old Norse: fors; Oromo: finchaa; Pashto: آبشار‎, زاوه‎, بربړوک‎, ګړونګه‎; Persian: آبشار‎; Pitjantjatjara: waḻa; Plautdietsch: Wotafaul; Polish: wodospad; Portuguese: cachoeira, queda-d'água, cascata, salto, catarata; Punjabi: ਝਰਨਾ; Quechua: phaqcha, pagca, pagza; Romanian: cascadă, cădere de apă; Rungus: vosoi; Russian: водопад; Sanskrit: जलपात, जलप्रपात; Scottish Gaelic: linne, eas; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: во̏допа̄д, сла̑п, бу̑к; Roman: vȍdopād, slȃp, bȗk; Shona: mapopoma; Sinhalese: දිය ඇල්ල; Skolt Sami: kuõškk; Slovak: vodopád; Slovene: slap; Somali: biyo-dhac; Southern Kalinga: pakungupung, poy-asan; Spanish: catarata, cascada, caída de agua; Sundanese: curug; Swahili: maanguko; Swedish: vattenfall; Tagal Murut: bosoi; Tagalog: talon; Tajik: обшор, шаршара, шалола; Tambunan Dusun: wasai; Tamil: நீர்வீழ்ச்சி; Tatar: шарлавык; Telugu: జలపాతము; Thai: น้ำตก; Tibetan: བབས་ཆུ; Timugon Murut: bosoi; Turkish: şelale, çağlayan, çavlan; Turkmen: şaglawuk; Ukrainian: водоспад; Urdu: آبشار‎; Uyghur: شارقىراتما‎; Uzbek: sharshara, shalola; Vietnamese: thác nước, thác; Voro: viisadang; Waray-Waray: tubighóg; Welsh: rhaeadr, pistyll, sgwd; West Coast Bajau: boe' pansur; West Frisian: wetterfal; Westrobothnian: sput, fell; White Xhosa: ingxangxasi; Yakut: күрүлгэн; Yiddish: וואַסערפֿאַל‎; Yoruba: isosileomi; Zhuang: raemxgienghdat; Zulu: impophoma