- πλημυρίς
- πλημῡρ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,A rise of the sea, as at flood-tide, πλημῠρὶς ἐκ πόντοιο of the wave caused by the rock thrown by the Cyclops, Od.9.486; flood-tide, opp. ἄμπωτις (ebb),
π. τῆς θαλάσσης μεγάλη Hdt.8.129
;π. πόντου B.Fr.30
;ἡ ἔξω π. Arist.Mete.366a20
, cf. Str.3.3.7 (pl.), S.E.M.9.79 (pl.).2 generally, flood, deluge, Arist.Mu.397a28 (pl.); of tears,σταγόνες . . δυσχίμου πλημῡρίδος A. Ch.186
;ὀφθαλμοτέγκτῳ δεύεται πλημῡρίδι E.Alc.184
.3 redundance, congestion of the fluids of the body, Hp.Acut.62. [[pron. full] ῠ Hom. l.c., and prob. in B.l.c.; [pron. full] ῡ Trag., but ῠ ¯ in later [dialect] Ep., cf. A.R.4.1269, 1241: in πλήμυρα, πλημυρέω, πλημύρω, ῡ always.] (The spelling πλημμ- in this word and its cognates commonly found in codd. arises from the false etymology from πλήν, μύρομαι; the correct spelling is found in B.5.107, POxy.1409.17, OGI666.8 (v. πλημύρω), etc., and good Mss. of Hp.Acut.62, AP5.203 (Mel.), cf. Archil. 97.)
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