πλημυρίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ίδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">rise of the sea, as at flood-tide</b>, <b class="b3">πλημῠρὶς ἐκ πόντοιο</b> of <b class="b2">the wave</b> caused by the rock thrown by the Cyclops, <span class="bibl">Od.9.486</span>; <b class="b2">flood-tide</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἄμπωτις</b> (ebb), π. τῆς θαλάσσης μεγάλη <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.129</span>; π. πόντου B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>30; ἡ ἔξω π. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>366a20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Str.3.3.7</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>9.79</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">flood, deluge</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>397a28</span> (pl.); of tears, σταγόνες… δυσχίμου πλημῡρίδος <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ch.</span>186</span>; ὀφθαλμοτέγκτῳ δεύεται πλημῡρίδι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>184</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">redundance, congestion</b> of the fluids of the body, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>62</span>. [ῠ Hom. l.c., and prob. in B.l.c.; ῡ Trag., but ῠ in later Ep., cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1269</span>, <span class="bibl">1241</span>: in <b class="b3">πλήμυρα, πλημυρέω, πλημύρω, ῡ</b> always.] (The spelling <b class="b3">πλημμ-</b> in this word and its cognates commonly found in codd. arises from the false etymology from <b class="b3">πλήν, μύρομαι;</b> the correct spelling is found in <span class="bibl">B.5.107</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1409.17</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span>666.8 (v. <b class="b3">πλημύρω</b>), etc., and good Mss. of <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>62</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>5.203 (Mel.), cf. <span class="bibl">Archil. 97</span>.)</span>