wave
ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → root of all the evils is the love of money, for every possible kind of evil can be motivated by the love of money
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
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.
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).
