- πλήμμυρα
- πλήμμυρα, ης (on the formation s. Schwyzer I 475, 3 and L-S-J-M s.v. πλημυρίς ‘rise of the sea, flood’; on the form of the gen. [-α t.r., Sod., Vog., Bov.] s. B-D-F §43, 1; Mlt-H. 118; on the spelling Mlt-H. 101; 274; s. also PKatz, TLZ 83, ’58, 315), ἡ (Dionys. Hal. 1, 71; Crinagoras no. 33, 1; Plut., Rom. 19 [3, 6], Caes. 726 [38, 4], Mor. 897bc; Arrian, Ind. 21, 3; 6; POxy 1409, 17; Job 40:23 ἐὰν γένηται πλήμμυρα; Philo, Op. M. 58, Leg. All. 1, 34, Abr. 92, Mos. 1, 202; 2, 195) the overflowing of a body of water, high water, flood πλημμύρης γενομένης Lk 6:48.—On the spelling with one μ (v.l.), which belongs to the older period of the language, see Mlt-H. p. 101; 274f; JWackernagel, Kl. Schr. ’53, 1164, 1.—DELG s.v. πλημυρίς. M-M.
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