μετακύμιος
From LSJ
οἰκτίστῳ θανάτῳ εἵμαρτο ἁλῶναι → it was fated that you would be taken by the most miserable death, it has been decreed that thou shouldst be cut off by a most piteous death
English (LSJ)
[ῡ], ον, (κῦμα)
A between the waves, μ. ἄτας between two waves of misery, i. e. bringing a short lull or pause from misery, E. Alc.91 (lyr.); τὸ μ. space between the waves, Numen. ap. Eus.PE11.22 (pl.), cf. Hsch.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μετακύμιος: -ον, (κῦμα) ὁ μεταξὺ τῶν κυμάτων, εἰ γὰρ μετακύμιος ἄτας, ὦ Παιάν, φανείης, εἴθε, ὦ Παιάν, νὰ φανῇς σωτὴρ μεταξὺ δύο κυμάτων ἀθλιότητος, δηλ. νὰ ἐπενέγκῃς μικρὰν ἀνακούφισιν ἢ ἀνάπαυλαν τῶν δυστυχημάτων, Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 91· - τὸ μετακύμιον, τὸ μεταξὺ τῶν κυμάτων διάστημα, Ἡσύχ.· ἡ μετακυμία Νουμήν. παρ’ Εὐσ. ἐν Εὐαγγ. Προπαρ. 543C.
