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).

Translations

noun

Afrikaans: golf; Albanian: valë; Arabic: مَوْج‎; Egyptian Arabic: موج‎; Hijazi Arabic: موج‎; Aramaic Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܠܠܐ‎; Armenian: ալիք; Aromanian: undã, tãlazi, chimã, dalgã; Assamese: ঢৌ, লহৰ, তৰংগ; Asturian: onda; Azerbaijani: dalğa; Bashkir: тулҡын; Basque: olatu, uhin; Belarusian: хва́ля; Bengali: তরঙ্গ; Bikol Central: balod, hukol; Budukh: лапа; Bulgarian: вълна́; Burmese: လှိုင်း, တံပိုး; Catalan: ona; Cebuano: balod; Chamicuro: olashi; Chinese Cantonese: 波浪; Dungan: лон; Mandarin: 波浪, 波, 浪; Min Nan: 波浪; Czech: vlna; Dalmatian: jonda; Danish: bølge; Dutch: golf, baar; Eastern Bontoc: challoyon, onchoschos-or ay chanom; Esperanto: ondo; Estonian: laine; Faroese: alda, bylgja; Finnish: aalto; French: vague, flot; Friulian: onde; Galician: onda, vaga; Georgian: ტალღა; German: Welle, Woge; Greek: κύμα; Ancient Greek: κῦμα, κλύδων; Hebrew: גַּל‎; Higaonon: balod; Hindi: लहर; Hungarian: hullám; Icelandic: alda, bylgja; Ido: ondo; Ilocano: allon; Indonesian: alun, ombak, gelombang; Irish: tonn, croitheadh, casadh; Italian: onda; Japanese: 波, 周波; Javanese: alun, ombak; Kabuverdianu: ónda; Karachay Balkar: толкъун; Karaim: tolhun; Kazakh: толқын; Khakas: салғах; Khmer: រលក; Kikuyu: ikũmbĩ 5; Korean: 물결, 파도); Kumyk: толкъун; Kurdish Central Kurdish: شەپۆل‎; Northern Kurdish: pêl, sîpel; Kyrgyz: толкун; Lao: ຄື້ນ; Latgalian: viļņs; Latin: unda, fluctus; Latvian: vilnis; Lezgi: лепе; Lithuanian: vilnis; Lubuagan Kalinga: tuppiyak; Luxembourgish: Well; Macedonian: бран; Malay: gelombang, ombak; Malayalam: തിരമാല, തിര; Maltese: mewġa; Manchu: ᠪᠣᠯᠵᠣᠨ; Mansi: хумп; Manx: tonn; Mon: လပှ်; Mongolian: долгион; Mwani: luwimbi; Navajo: tó yilkʼooł, tó náádiidááh; Norman: louême; North Frisian: waag; Norwegian Bokmål: bølge; Nynorsk: bølgje, bylgje, bølge; Occitan: èrsa; Old English: ȳþ, wǣġ; Old Irish: tonn; Old Javanese: halun; Old Polish: przewał, wełna; Pashto: موج‎, څپه‎, باډاسکه‎; Persian: موج‎; Plautdietsch: Wal; Polish: fala, bałwan; Portuguese: onda, vaga; Romanian: val, undă, ondulație; Romansch: unda; Russian: волна́, вал; Sanskrit: तरंग; Sardinian: unda, undha, unna; Scottish Gaelic: tonn; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: талас, вал; Roman: talas, val; Sinhalese: රැල්ල; Slovak: vlna; Slovene: val; Sorbian Upper Sorbian: žołma; Southern Altai: толку; Southern Kalinga: tupiya; Spanish: onda, ola; Swahili: wimbi; Swedish: våg, bölja; Tagalog: alon; Tajik: мавҷ; Tamil: அலை; Tatar: дулкын; Telugu: అల, తరంగం, కెరటం; Tetum: laloran; Thai: คลื่น; Tibetan: རྦ་རླབས; Tongan: peau; Turkish: dalga; Turkmen: tolkun; Tuvaluan: ngalu; Tuwali Ifugao: dalluyun, kibyayong; Ukrainian: хви́ля; Urdu: لہر‎; Uyghur: دولقۇن‎; Uzbek: to'lqin, dolg'a; Vietnamese: sóng; Waray-Waray: balud; Welsh: ton, gwaneg; Yakut: долгун; Yiddish: אינד‎, כוואַליע‎; Yámana: čili; Zazaki: phêl