πλημυρίς
πλημυρίς
πλημῠρίς, ίδος, ἡ,
a 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.
generally, a flood, deluge, Arist.; of tears, Aesch., Eur.
υ in Hom., ῡ in Attic
Deriv. uncertain: perh. from πλήθω, μύρω.
Headword (normalized):
πλημυρίς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πλημυρις
Intro Text:
πλημυρίς
πλημῠρίς, ίδος, ἡ,
a 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.
generally, a flood, deluge, Arist.; of tears, Aesch., Eur.
υ in Hom., ῡ in Attic
Deriv. uncertain: perh. from πλήθω, μύρω.
URN:
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