πλημυρίς

• rise of the sea, as at flood-tide, πλημῠρὶς ἐκ πόντοιο of the wave caused by the rock thrown by the Cyclops, Od. 9.486; flood-tide, opp. ἄμπωτις (ebb), π. τῆς θαλάσσης μεγάλη Hdt. 8.129; π. πόντου B. Fr. 30; ἡ ἔξω π. Arist. Mete. 366a20, cf. Str. 3.3.7 (pl.), S.E. M. 9.79 (pl.).
• • • 2 generally, flood, deluge, Arist. Mu. 397a28 (pl.); of tears, σταγόνες . . δυσχίμου πλημῡρίδος A. Ch. 186; ὀφθαλμοτέγκτῳ δεύεται πλημῡρίδι E. Alc. 184.
    • 3 redundance, congestion of the fluids of the body, Hp. Acut. 62. [ῠ Hom. l.c., and prob. in B. l.c.; ῡ Trag., but ῠ̄ in later Ep., cf. A.R. 4.1269, 1241: in πλήμυρα, πλημυρέω, πλημύρω, ῡ always.] (The spelling πλημμ- in this word and its cognates commonly found in codd. arises from the false etymology from πλήν, μύρομαι; the correct spelling is found in B. 5.107, POxy. 1409.17, OGI 666.8 (v. πλημύρω), etc., and good Mss. of Hp. Acut. 62, AP 5.203 (Mel.), cf. Archil. 97.)

A swell or heave (of the sea) : πλημυρὶς ἐκ πόντοιο Od. 9.486.

• • • 1a rise of the sea, πλημυρὶς ἐκ πόντοιο of the wave caused by the rock thrown by the Cyclops, Od.: flood-tide (cf. ῥαχία) , opp. to ἄμπωτις (ebb), Hdt.
    • 2generally, a flood, deluge, Arist.; of tears, Aesch., Eur. υ in Hom., ῡ in Attic Deriv. uncertain: perh. from πλήθω, μύρω.