σεισμ-ός, ὁ,
(σείω) shaking, shock, γῆς σ. earthquake, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 862, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.87; χθονός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1166: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.28, 5.85, 7.129, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 95, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 791, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, shock, agitation, commotion, σ. τοῦ σώματος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 33e, compare “Ti.” 88d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔξωθεν.. προσφέρειν τοῖς.. πάθεσι σεισμόν a shock, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 791a; σ. τῆς οὐρᾶς 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.61; σ. ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ NT.Matt.8.24. ] NT+2nd c.AD+]
__3 blackmail, extortion, [[ Sammelb. 5675.13 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; συκοφάντεια καὶ σ. [[ “PPar.” 15.67 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]