κῦμα
kyma
anything swollen
Appears 18 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κῦμα, ατος, τό, (κύω) A. anything swollen (as if pregnant): hence, I. wave, billow, of rivers as well as the sea, in sg. and pl.; κ. θαλάσσης Il. 2.209, al.; κ. ῥόοιο 21.263; κ. διϊπετέος ποταμοῖο ib.268,326; κύματʼ ἐπʼ ἠϊόνος κλύζεσκον 23.61; κύματʼ εὐρέϊ πόντῳ βάντʼ ἐπιόντα τε Tr. 114 (lyr.): less freq. in Prose, κύματος ἐπαναχώρησις 3.89: collectively, ὡς τὸ κ. ἔστρωτο when the swell abated, 7.193, cf. Mete. 344b35, al. 2. metaph., flood of men, κ. χερσαῖον στρατοῦ Th. 64, cf. 114 (lyr.), 1083 (anap.). b. of the waves of adversity, etc., κ. ἄτης, κακῶν, Pr. 886 (anap.), Th. 758 (lyr.), Ion 927; συμφορᾶς Hipp. 824; κελαινοῦ κ. μένος, of passion, Eu. 832; κ. κατακλυσμὸν φέρον νόσων Lg. 740e. c. phrases: μάτην με κῦμʼ ὅπως παρηγορῶν Pr. 1001; πρὸς κῦμα λακτίζειν IT 1396; ἐκ κυμάτων . . γαλήνʼ ὁρῶ Or. 279; ἐπʼ ῃόνι κύματα μετρεῖν 16.60; ἀριθμεῖν τὰ κύματα Herm. 84. 3. Archit., waved moulding, cyma, Λέσβιον κ. Fr. 78. II. from κύω (as κύημα from κυέω), foetus, embryo, νεόσπορον Eu. 659; γέμουσαν κύματος θεοσπόρου Fr. 106; of the earth, κ. λαμβάνειν Ch. 128; δισσὸν κῦμʼ ἐλόχευσε τέκνων AP 6.200 (). 2. young sprout of plants, HP 1.6.9; esp. of a cabbage, 6.642.
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