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καχλ-άζω

kachlazo

plash, bubble, frothing forth

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What it meant — LSJ

plash, bubble, frothing forth

plash or bubble, of the sound of liquids, φιάλαν ἀμπέλου καχλάζοισαν δρόσῳ Pi. O. 7.2, cf. Philostr. VA 3.25; of the sea, περὶ πρύμναν A. Th. 761 (lyr.), cf. 115 (lyr.); ἅσυχα καχλάζοντος αἰγιαλοῖο Theoc. 6.12 (imitated by D.P. 838), cf. Arr. An. 5.20.8; of rain, Lyc. 80; of boiling water, Zos. Alch. p.109 B. (cf. κοχλ-): c. acc. cogn., [κῦμα] πέριξ ἀφρὸν πολὺν καχλάζον frothing forth foam, E. Hipp. 1211: metaph., of exuberant eloquence, τὸ Πλατωνικὸν νᾶμα . . μεγάλας παρασκευὰς καχλάζον D.H. De

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