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πλημύρω

πλημύρω, overflow

πλημῡρ-ω,
  • = πλημυρέω, overflow, Call. Del. 263, AP 5.203 (Mel.), Orph. A. 1053: hence, to be filled with food, Panyas. 12.18; of the Nile, PLond. 3.924.10 (ii A. D.); γαῖα . . αἵματι πλημύρεσκεν Q.S. 11.161: metaph., π. σθένει B. 5.107, cf. Ph. ap. Eus. PE 8.14; πλημύρουσα πᾶσιν ἀγαθοῖς ἡ Αἴγυπτος OGI 666.8 (Gizah, i A. D.).
      • 2 swell, Archil. 97; μαζοὶ π. A.R. 4.706.
      • 3 ἧπαρ πλημῦρον congested liver, Aret. CD 1.3.
    • II causal, make to flow, μαστούς Ph. 1.8; νύμφαι καλὰ νάματα πλημύρουσιν Orph. A. 494:—Pass., overflow, ib. 715:—in Hsch. for πλημυρόν, πλημῦρον (as part.) shd. be read.

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