κατακλύζω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From κατα- (kata-) + κλύζω (klúzō).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.ta.klýz.dɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.taˈkly.zo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.taˈkly.zo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.taˈkly.zo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.taˈkli.zo/
Verb
[edit]κατακλύζω • (kataklúzō)
- (transitive) to wash off, wash away, deluge, inundate
- (transitive, figurative) to overwhelm or overflow
- (transitive) to wash down, wash away
- (transitive) to fill full of water
- (transitive) to clean out (a bath)
Conjugation
[edit] Present: κατακλῠ́ζω, κατακλῠ́ζομαι
Imperfect: κατέκλῠζον, κατεκλῠζόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | κατέκλῠζον | κατέκλῠζες | κατέκλῠζε(ν) | κατεκλῠ́ζετον | κατεκλῠζέτην | κατεκλῠ́ζομεν | κατεκλῠ́ζετε | κατέκλῠζον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | κατεκλῠζόμην | κατεκλῠ́ζου | κατεκλῠ́ζετο | κατεκλῠ́ζεσθον | κατεκλῠζέσθην | κατεκλῠζόμεθᾰ | κατεκλῠ́ζεσθε | κατεκλῠ́ζοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- κᾰτᾰκλῠσμός (kataklusmós)
Further reading
[edit]- “κατακλύζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κατακλύζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κατακλύζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.