κατα-κλύζω,
future -κλύσω [ῠ], poetry -κλύσσω[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect κατακέκλυκα [[ “PMagd.” 28.10 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—deluge, inundate, τὴν γῆν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13 (of the Nile), compare 99 (_passive_), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.50, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 22d, “OGI” 90.24 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ “PPetr.” 2p.15 [= 3 p.xv] (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.; ὑπ᾽ ὄμβρων -κλυζόμενος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.12; κόσμος ὕδατι -κλυσθείς NT.2Pet.3.6. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, deluge, overwhelm, τοίους γὰρ κατὰ κῦμα.. ἔκλυσεν [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 9.3; τὴν Φρυγῶν πόλιν.. ἤλπισας κατακλύσειν δαπάναισιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 995; ἅπαντα.. κατακλύσει ποιήμασιν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 186 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; κ. ἀφθονίᾳ δίαιταν make life overflow with plenty, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 2.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατακλύσαι δεινῶν πόνων deluge with sufferings, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 343 (Lyric poetry); εἰ καὶ μέλλει γέλωτι.. ὥσπερ κῦμα.. κατακλύσειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 473c:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἀλλοδαπῶν κύματι φωτῶν -κλυσθῆναι[[, of a city, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1084 (_anapaest meter_); -κλυσθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ τοιούτου ψόγου ἢ ἐπαίνου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 492c; Χρυσίῳ -κεκλυσμένος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 14; -κλυσθέντα πλήθει κακῶν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 5.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II wash down or away, κῦμα κ. ψᾶφον ἑλισσομέναν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).10, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.22.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]