τρῐ-κῡμία, ἡ,
group of three waves, τὸ μέγιστον [κῦμα] τῆς τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 472a; ἑτέραν περιμει-ναι χἀτέραν τ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 536.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: then, a mighty wave or swell, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1213, “Tr.” 83 (_plural_), [prev. author]ap 1st c.BC(?): Satyrus Epigrammaticus “Vit.Eur.fragment” 38 iii 14, “Comica Adespota” in “PSI” 10.1176.11: _metaphorically_ κακῶν τ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1015; σῶσαι ἐκ τῆς τ. τοῦ λόγου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 293a; ἐν ἁπάσαις τ. τῆς τύχης 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 33; αἱ τῶν βασάνων τ. LXX.4Mac.7.2. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]