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οἶδμα

οἶδμα, a swelling, swell

οἶδμα, ατος, τό,
  • swelling, swell, in Hom. only of water, ὁ δʼ ἐπέσσυτο οἴδματι θύων, of a river, with swollen waves, Il. 21.234; of the sea, ὁ δʼ ἔστενεν οἴδματι θύων 23.230, cf. Hes. Th. 109; ἐπʼ οἴδματι μάργῳ Emp. 100.7, cf. 24; περιβρυχίοισι περῶν ὑπʼ οἴδμασιν S. Ant. 337 (lyr.); οἶ. θαλάσσης h.Cer. 14; οἶδμʼ ἅλιον h.Ap. 417, Pi. Fr. 221 (codd. S.E.); γλαυκᾶς ἐπʼ οἶδμα λίμνας S. Fr. 476 (lyr.); ἐς οἶ. πόντου E. Or. 991 (lyr.); οἶ. πόντιον Id. IA 704: hence, generally, the sea, S. Ant. 588 (lyr.); Τύριον, Φρύγιον οἶδμα, E. Ph. 202, Hel. 369 (both lyr.), etc.; ἐς οἶδμʼ ἁλός Id. Hec. 26; τῶν κατʼ οἶδμα παρθένων the Nereids, Id. Hel. 6; Αἴγαιον οἶ. Id. IA 1601, cf. IT 1412, al.; διὰ πόντιον οἶδμα (mock heroic) Antiph. 196.3.
    • II οἶ. νότων the swelling of the south-west wind, AP 9.36 (Secund.).

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