χύμα [ῠ],ατος,τό,
A. that which is poured outorflows, fluid,
Arist. HA 550b27 , D.S. 17.75 ; even χ. νιφάδος
Alciphr. 1.23
;χ. τέσσαρα,viz. the hot, cold, moist, and dry, Ptol. Tetr. 19 .
2. ingot, bar,
IG 7.303.104 (Orop.,iii B. C.); χ. χρυσοῦν
Inscr.Délos 442
B 6
(ii B. C.), [χρυσίου] ib. 1432
Ab i17 (Delos,ii B. C., pl.), cf. Agatharch. 28 .
3. metaph.,confused mass,
τῶν ἀριθμῶν
LXX 2 Ma. 2.24
;aggregate,
Theol.Ar. 34 ;crowd, πρεσβυτέρων καὶ νεωτέρωνAristeas 14 .