σάλος [ᾰ], ὁ,
tossing motion, of an earthquake, χθονὸς νῶτα σεισθῆναι σάλῳ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially
rolling swell of the sea, πόντου σ, πόντιος σ, [
Refs]
2)
open roadstead, roads, opposed to a harbour, ἐν σάλῳ στῆναι, ={σαλεύειν}[
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II) of ships or persons in them,
tossing on the sea, ἐκ πολλοῦ σ. εὕδοντ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; καρηβαρεῖν ὑπὸ σ. [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:
metaphorically of the ship of the state, τὰ μὲν δὴ πόλεος θεοὶ πολλῷ σ. σείσαντες ὤρθωσαν πάλιν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔσχε. ὁ ἀγὼν ὑποτροπὴν καὶ σ. began to
waver, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2)
distemper, restlessness, perplexity, [
LXX+2nd c.AD+]