wave

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verb transitive

P. and V. σείειν, ἀνασείειν.

wave in front of one: P. and V. προσείειν.

they waved their hands in the air: P. τὰς χεῖρας ἀνέσεισαν (Thuc. 4, 38).

swing: P. αἰωρεῖν, Ar. and V. κυκλεῖν, V. διαφέρω, διαφέρειν, σφενδονᾶν; see whirl.

brandish: P. and V. σείειν, Ar. and V. πάλλειν, κραδαίνειν, τινάσσειν.

verb intransitive

give direction by signs: P. ἐπινεύειν, Ar. and V. νεύειν.

this man is no longer the same, he waves me back: V. ἀνὴρ ὅδ' οὐκέθ' αὑτός, ἐκνεύει πάλιν (Euripides, Phoenissae 920).

swing: P. and V. αἰωρεῖσθαι.

be hung up: P. and V. κρέμασθαι.

toss up and down: P. and V. σαλεύειν.

stream, float in air: P. and V. φέρεσθαι, V. ᾄσσεσθαι, ἀΐσσειν, ᾄσσειν.

substantive

wavy motion: P. αἰώρησις, ἡ.

motion: P. φορά, ἡ.

billow: P. and V. κῦμα, τό, κλύδων, ὁ, κλυδώνιον, τό.

surf: P. and V. ῥόθιον, τό (Thuc. 4, 10), ῥαχία, ἡ (Thuc. 4, 10), V. φλοῖσβος, ὁ, ῥηγμίν, ὁ.

swell: Ar. and V. οἶδμα, τό, σάλος, ὁ.

big wave: P. and V. τρικυμία, ἡ (Plato).

shore washed by waves: V. ἀκτὴ κυμοδέγμων, ἡ (Euripides, Hippolytus 1173).