κῦμα,ατος,τό, (κύω)
A. anything swollen(as ifpregnant): 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 ποταμοῖοib. 268 , 326 ; κύματ' ἐπ' ἠϊόνος κλύζεσκον
23.61
; κύματ' εὐρέϊ πόντῳ βάντ' ἐπιόντα τε
S. Tr. 114
(lyr.): less freq. in Prose, κύματος ἐπαναχώρησις
Th. 3.89
: collectively,ὡς τὸ κ. ἔστρωτοwhen theswellabated, Hdt. 7.193 , cf. Arist. Mete. 344b35 , al.
2. metaph.,floodof men, κ. χερσαῖον στρατοῦ
A. Th. 64
, cf. 114 (lyr.), 1083 (anap.).