φυρμός, ὁ,
mixture, confused mass, disorder, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.30, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 12.14; φ. καὶ σύγχυσις τῶν κατὰ νόμους δικαίων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 36.11; ἀνθρώπων ὁμοῦ καὶ πραγμάτων 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus “Fragmenta” 33 ] Refs 1st c.BC+] H.: metaphorically, 'a pretty kettle of fish', [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 14.5.1. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]