κυμαίνω

kymaino

rise in waves, swell

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 5
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Book 4 3
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4425
4510
4570
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5352
Book 11 1
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11253
Iliad 1
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Book 14 1
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14229

Dictionary (LSJ)

κυμαίνω, fut. κυμᾰνῶ Xuthus ap. Arist. Ph. 216b25: aor. ἐκύμηνα Arr. An. 2.10.3: aor. 1 Pass. ἐκυμάνθην Plu. Ant. 65: (κῦμα):—

rise in waves, swell, ἐπὶ πόντον ἐβήσετο κυμαίνοντα over the billowy sea, Il. 14.229, cf. Od. 4.425, 570, etc.; of a pot, boil, Call. Fr.anon. 41; κ. ἄνω καὶ κάτω Pl. Phd. 112b; κυμανεῖ τὸ ὅλον Xuthus l.c.; κ. τῇ πορείᾳ undulate, of caterpillars, Arist. HA 551b7; τὰ ἄποδα . . κυμαίνοντα προέρχεται Id. IA 709a24; of a line of soldiers, Plu. Pomp. 69, cf. Arr. An. l.c.

2. metaph., of restless passion, swell, seethe, κυμαίνοντʼ ἔπη A. Th. 443; ἄνθος ἥβας κυμαίνει Pi. P. 4.158; αἱ ψυχαὶ κ. μειζόνως, with passion, Pl. Lg. 930a; κ. ἐκ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας Ael. NA 7.15; ἐς τὴν ὁμιλίαν ib. 15.9.

3. trans., toss on the waves, τὸ δέπας Pherecyd. 18 (a) J.; agitate, τὴν θάλατταν Luc. DMar. 7.1; οἴστρῳ κ. θεούς APl. 16.196 (Alc. Mess.):—Pass., to be agitated, τὸ πέλαγος κ. Hp. Flat. 3, Plu. Ant. l.c., cf. Opp. H. 4.676; πόθῳ Pi. Fr. 123.3; vibrate, Nicom. Harm. 3.

II. (κῦμα II) to swell, to be pregnant, κ. γαστέρα Opp. C. 1.359; κύστιδα ib. 4.443; μαζοὶ . . γάλα -ουσι Marc.Sid. 91:—Med., Σεμέλης κυμαίνετο γαστήρ Nonn. D. 8.7.

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