κῦμα, ατος, τό,
(κύω) anything swollen (as if pregnant): hence,
__I wave, billow, of rivers as well as the sea, in singular and plural; κ. θαλάσσης [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.209, +others; κ. ῥόοιο 21.263; κ. διϊπετέος ποταμοῖο [prev. work] 268, 326 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κύματ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόνος κλύζεσκον [[ 23.61; κύματ᾽ εὐρέϊ πόντῳ βάντ᾽ ἐπιόντα τε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 114 (Lyric poetry): less frequently in Prose, κύματος ἐπαναχώρησις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89: collectively, ὡς τὸ κ. ἔστρωτο] Refs 5th c.BC+] when the swell abated, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 344b35, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 metaphorically, flood of men, κ. χερσαῖον στρατοῦ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 64, compare 114 (Lyric poetry), 1083 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.2.b of the waves of adversity, etc., κ. ἄτης, κακῶν, [[ [prev. author] “Pr.” 886 (_anapaest meter_), “Th.” 758 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 927; συμφορᾶς [prev. author] “Hipp.” 824 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κελαινοῦ κ. μένος, of passion, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 832; κ. κατακλυσμὸν φέρον νόσων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2.c phrases: μάτην με κῦμ᾽ ὅπως παρηγορῶν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1001; πρὸς κῦμα λακτίζειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1396; ἐκ κυμάτων.. γαλήν᾽ ὁρῶ [prev. author] “Or.” 279; ἐπ᾽ ῃόνι κύματα μετρεῖν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.60; ἀριθμεῖν τὰ κύματα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 84. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]