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κῦμα κῦμα, ατος, τό, κύω anything swollen (as if pregnant):—hence, the swell of the sea, a wave, billow, Hom., etc.; collectively, ὡς τὸ κῦμα ἔστρωτο when the swell abated, Hdt. metaph. of a flood of men, Aesch.:—metaph., κ. ἄτης, κακῶν, συμφορᾶς Aesch., Eur. the foetus in the womb, embryo, Aesch.; of the earth, Aesch.

ShortDef

wave, flood; sprout, foetus

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Headword:

κῦμα

Headword (normalized):

κῦμα

Headword (normalized/stripped):

κυμα

IDX:

18936

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n18955

Key:

ku=ma

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