σάλος [ᾰ], ὁ,
tossing motion, of an earthquake, χθονὸς νῶτα σεισθῆναι σάλῳ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially rolling swell of the sea, πόντου σ., πόντιος σ., [[ [prev. author] “Hec.” 28, “IT” 1443: _plural_, πόντιοι σ. [prev. author] “Or.” 994 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs]
__2 open roadstead, roads, opposed to a harbour, ἐν σάλῳ στῆναι, ={σαλεύειν}[[ 11.2; ἀλίμενον μὲν σάλους δὲ ἔχον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.53.10; οὔτε λιμὴν οὔτε σ. ἐπ᾽ ἀγκύρας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.44, compare 2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 92, “Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 7 (_plural_), 55. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II of ships or persons in them, tossing on the sea, ἐκ πολλοῦ σ. εὕδοντ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 271; σάλον εἶχεν ἡ θάλασσα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καρηβαρεῖν ὑπὸ σ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 28; ἐν τοσούτῳ σ. ναυτιάσαντα [prev. author] “Tox.” 19 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: metaphorically of the ship of the state, τὰ μὲν δὴ πόλεος θεοὶ πολλῷ σ. σείσαντες ὤρθωσαν πάλιν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 163; πόλις.. σαλεύει κἀνακουφίσαι κάρα βυθῶν ἔτ᾽ οὐχ οἵα τε φοινίον σάλου [prev. author] “OT” 24; ἐν σάλῳ πόλις γενομένη 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.49 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔσχε.. ὁ ἀγὼν ὑποτροπὴν καὶ σ. began to waver, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 32, compare “Aem.” 18; compare σαλεύω 11.1. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 distemper, restlessness, perplexity, [[ LXX.Sir.40.5, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.816; τῆς ψυχῆς 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 1.1. ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]