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κατα-κλύζω

katakluzo

deluge, inundate

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Where it lives

2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
Busiris 1 · 3.64/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 2 · 2.9/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Ezechiel 3 · 1.04/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατα-κλύζω · kata-klyzō — LSJ

deluge, inundate

deluge, inundate, τὴν γῆν Hdt. 2.13 (of the Nile), cf. 99 (Pass.), Pi. O. 9.50, Th. 3.89, Pl. Ti. 22d, OGI 90.24 (Rosetta, ii B. C.):—Pass., PPetr. 2p.15[= 3 p.xv] (iii B. C.), etc.; ὑπʼ ὄμβρων -κλυζόμενος Isoc. 11.12; κόσμος ὕδατι -κλυσθείς 2 Ep.Pet. 3.6.

2 deluge, overwhelm, make, overflow, deluge

metaph., deluge, overwhelm, τοίους γὰρ κατὰ κῦμα . . ἔκλυσεν Archil. 9.3; τὴν Φρυγῶν πόλιν . . ἤλπισας κατακλύσειν δαπάναισιν E. Tr. 995; ἅπαντα . . κατακλύσει ποιήμασιν Cratin. 186; κ. ἀφθονίᾳ δίαιταν make life overflow with plenty, X. Oec. 2.8; κατακλύσαι δεινῶν πόνων deluge with sufferings, E. Or. 343 (lyr.); εἰ καὶ μέλλει γέλωτι . . ὥσπερ κῦμα . . κατακλύσειν Pl. R. 473c:—Pass., ἀλλοδαπῶν κύματι φωτῶν -κλυσθῆναι, of a city, A. Th. 1084 (anap.); -κλυσθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ τοιούτου ψόγου ἢ ἐπαίνου Pl.

II wash down, away

wash down or away, κῦμα κ. ψᾶφον ἑλισσομέναν Pi. O. 10(11).10, cf. Thphr. CP 3.22.3.

2 wash out

wash out, τὰ ἴχνη τοῦ λαγώ X. Cyn. 5.4.

III fill full of water

fill full of water, τὴν πύελον Ar. Pax 843.

IV clean out

clean out a bath, Gal. 15.198.

In the wild

κατακλυσθῆναι · kataklysthēnai Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1080
κατάκλυζε · kataklyze Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 571)
κατέκλυσαν · kateklysan Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 163)
κατέκλυσεν · kateklysen Euripides, Orestes 1.341 (DIORISIS sentence 209)
κατακλύσειν · kataklysein Euripides, Trojan Women *(eka/bh (DIORISIS sentence 513)
κατακλύζοντος · kataklyzontos Herodotus, Histories 2.13.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1624)

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