ζάψ

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A surf, καρῖδας ἡ ζ. ἐκφέρει κἰχθύδια Cratin.Jun.13, cf. Euph. 3, Simm.11; πόντου… περιστείνει ἁλυκὴ ζ. Dionys.Iamb. ap. Clem.Al. Strom.5.8.47 (who says some took ζ. πῦρ).

German (Pape)

[Seite 1136] ἡ, = θάλασσα, Euphor. fr. 43, Simmias, Cratin. iun. bei Clem. Al. strom. V, 569.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ζάψ: ἡ, = ζάλη, τρικυμία, Κρατῖν. Νεώτ. Ἀδήλ. 3, Εὐφορίων 2, πρβλ. Κλήμ. Ἀλ. 673.

French (Bailly abrégé)

- (ἡ) :
= ζάλη.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: surf (hell. poetry).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Expressive word. Supposed contamination of ζάλη and λαῖλαψ is an improbable guess. Diff. Grošelj Živa Ant. 4, 170.