κῦμα, ατος, τό, (κύω)
anything swollen (as if
pregnant): hence,
I)
wave, billow, of rivers as well as the sea, in
singular and
plural; κ. θαλάσσης [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κύματ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόνος κλύζεσκον [
Refs 5th c.BC+] when the
swell abated, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2)
metaphorically,
flood of men, κ. χερσαῖον στρατοῦ [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2.b) of
the waves of adversity, etc, κ. ἄτης, κακῶν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κελαινοῦ κ. μένος, of passion, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2.c) phrases: μάτην με κῦμ᾽ ὅπως παρηγορῶν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3) Architecture texts,
waved moulding, cyma, Λέσβιον κ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II) from κύω (as κύημα from κυέω),
foetus, embryo, νεόσπορον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the earth, κ. λαμβάνειν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2)
young sprout of plants, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially of a cabbage, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]