κῦμα, ατος, τό,
(κύω)
anything swollen (as if
pregnant): hence,
I wave, billow, of rivers as well as the sea, in
singular and
plural; κ. θαλάσσης [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κύματ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόνος κλύζεσκον [
Refs 5th c.BC+] when the
swell abated, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2 metaphorically,
flood of men, κ. χερσαῖον στρατοῦ [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2.b of
the waves of adversity, etc., κ. ἄτης, κακῶν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κελαινοῦ κ. μένος, of passion, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2.c phrases: μάτην με κῦμ᾽ ὅπως παρηγορῶν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3 Architecture texts,
waved moulding, cyma, Λέσβιον κ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II from κύω (as κύημα from κυέω),
foetus, embryo, νεόσπορον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the earth, κ. λαμβάνειν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2 young sprout of plants, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially of a cabbage, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
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