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Headword: Οἶδμα
Adler number: omicroniota,35
Translated headword: swell
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Wave, or open sea.[1]
'And fierce swell of the sea.'[2]
Greek Original:
Οἶδμα: κῦμα, ἢ πέλαγος. καὶ ἄγριον οἶδμα θαλάσσης.
Notes:
A word largely confined to poetry, from the root for swelling (omicroniota 30).
[1] Cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.234, where the headword occurs (dative case).
[2] A poetic phrase associated with Gregory of Nazianzus (Carmina de se ipso 971.10, Carmina quae spectant ad alios 1536.7, cf. Carmina moralia 770.1), deriving from "fierce swell" at Apollonius Rhodius 4.947 and Greek Anthology 9.36.4; see also Greek Anthology 6.30.3.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; poetry
Translated by: Robert Dyer on 12 January 2003@06:51:35.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (supplied headword; augmented note and keywords; cosmetics) on 13 January 2003@03:29:02.
Robert Dyer (modified translation) on 13 January 2003@03:41:24.
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