κυμάτωσις
From LSJ
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A flow of the tide, Str.1.3.8; κλύδων καὶ κ. Ph.1.14: metaph., κυματώσεις καὶ στροφαί, of life, Id.Fr.63 H.