φλοῖσβος

φλοῖσβος, ὁ,

• any confused roaring noise, in Hom. of the noise of battle, Il. 5.322, 469, 10.416 (never in Od.): τὸν μὲν ἄρʼ ἐκ φλοίσβου . . ῥύσαντο Euph. 23; of the sea, πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον A. Pr. 792, cf. S. Fr. 479, Hymn.Is. 166; φλοίσβων δίναις Lyc. 379; ἰλυόεις φ. Opp. H. 1.777.—Poet. word.

φλοῖσβος, ὁ, das Brausen, das rauschende Getöse einer bewegten Masse ; bes. das dumpfe Geräusch einer großen Menschenmenge, das Kriegsgetümmel, Il. 5.322, 469, 10.416, 20.377 (in der Od. kommt es nicht vor); später bes. das Getöse des rauschenden, Wellen schlagenden Meeres, πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον Aesch. Prom. 794 ; die Brandung, Lycophr. 379 u. sonst ; ἰλυόεις, Schaum, Opp. Hal. 1.777.

φλοῖσβος

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A confused noise, the noise of battle, the surging throng of warriors : νόσφιν ἀπὸ φλοίσβου Il. 5.322, Il. 10.416 (in the latter passage app. simply the noise and rumour of the general body of the host). Cf. Il. 5.469, Il. 20.377 (= οὐλαμός in 379).

φλοῖσβος : roar of waves, applied also to the roar of battle. (Il.)

φλοῖσβος, ὁ, φλέω

• any confused noise, the noise of battle, the battle-din, Il.; the roar of the sea, Aesch.