πλημυρίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=-ίδος, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[rise of the sea]], as at [[flood-tide]], <b class="b3">πλημῠρὶς ἐκ πόντοιο</b> of the [[wave]] caused by the rock thrown by the Cyclops, Od.9.486; [[flood-tide]], opp. [[ἄμπωτις]] (ebb), π. τῆς θαλάσσης μεγάλη [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.129; π. πόντου B.''Fr.''30; ἡ ἔξω π. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''366a20, cf. Str.3.3.7 (pl.), S.E.''M.''9.79 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[flood]], [[deluge]], Arist.''Mu.''397a28 (pl.); of tears, σταγόνες… δυσχίμου πλημῡρίδος A. ''Ch.''186; ὀφθαλμοτέγκτῳ δεύεται πλημῡρίδι E.''Alc.''184.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[redundance]], [[congestion]] of the fluids of the body, Hp.''Acut.''62. [ῠ Hom. [[l.c.]], and prob. in B.l.c.; ῡ Trag., but ῠ in later Ep., cf. A.R.4.1269, 1241: in [[πλήμυρα]], [[πλημυρέω]], [[πλημύρω]], ῡ 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 B.5.107, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1409.17, ''OGI''666.8 (v. [[πλημύρω]]), etc., and good Mss. of Hp.''Acut.''62, ''AP''5.203 (Mel.), cf. Archil. 97.)