οἶδμα
καὶ νῦν περὶ ἀρετῆς ὃ ἔστιν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἶδα, σὺ μέντοι ἴσως πρότερον μὲν ᾔδησθα πρὶν ἐμοῦ ἅψασθαι, νῦν μέντοι ὅμοιος εἶ οὐκ εἰδότι → so now I do not know what virtue is; perhaps you knew before you contacted me, but now you are certainly like one who does not know
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A swelling, swell, in Hom. only of water, ὁ δ' ἐπέσσυτο οἴδματι θύων, of a river, with swollen waves, Il.21.234 ; of the sea, ὁ δ' ἔστενεν οἴδματι θύων 23.230, cf. Hes. Th.109 ; ἐπ' οἴδματι μάργῳ Emp. 100.7, cf. 24 ; περιβρυχίοισι περῶν ὑπ' οἴδμασιν S.Ant.337 (lyr.) ; οἶ. θαλάσσης h.Cer.14 ; οἶδμ' ἅλιον h.Ap.417, Pi.Fr.221 (codd. S.E.) ; γλαυκᾶς ἐπ' οἶδμα λίμνας S.Fr.476 (lyr.) ; ἐς οἶ. πόντου E.Or.991 (lyr.); οἶ. πόντιον Id.IA704 : hence, generally, the sea, S.Ant.588 (lyr.) ; Τύριον, Φρύγιον οἶδμα, E.Ph.202, Hel.369 (both lyr.), etc. ; ἐς οἶδμ' ἁλός Id.Hec.26 ; τῶν κατ' οἶδμα παρθένων the Nereids, Id.Hel.6 ; Αἴγαιον οἶ. Id.IA1601, cf. IT1412, al. ; διὰ πόντιον οἶδμα (mock heroic) Antiph. 196.3. II οἶ. νότων the swelling of the south-west wind, AP9.36 (Secund.).
