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σάλος
σάλος .σάλος (ᾰ), ὁ, any unsteady, tossing motion, of an earthquake, Eur.: the tossing or rolling swell of the sea, Eur.; so in pl., πόντιοι σάλοι Eur. of ships or persons in them, a tossing on the sea, Soph.: —metaph. of the ship of the state, tempest-tossing, Soph.; σάλον ἔχειν to be in distress, Plut.

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tossing: earthquake, wave action; distemper

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σάλος .σάλος (ᾰ), ὁ, any unsteady, tossing motion, of an earthquake, Eur.: the tossing or rolling swell of the sea, Eur.; so in pl., πόντιοι σάλοι Eur. of ships or persons in them, a tossing on the sea, Soph.: —metaph. of the ship of the state, tempest-tossing, Soph.; σάλον ἔχειν to be in distress, Plut.
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n29284
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