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σάλος

salos · ὁ

tossing motion

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Where it lives

  • Jonas 1 · 9.51/10k
  • Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
  • Iphigenia in Tauris 3 · 3.62/10k
  • Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
  • Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
  • Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
  • Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
  • Psalmi 4 · 1.17/10k
  • Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
  • Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
  • Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

1. σάλος · salos

tossing motion, rolling swell

tossing motion, of an earthquake, χθονὸς νῶτα σεισθῆναι σάλῳ E. IT 46; esp. rolling swell of the sea, πόντου σ., πόντιος σ., Id. Hec. 28, IT 1443: pl., πόντιοι σ. Id. Or. 994 (lyr.).

2 open roadstead, roads

open roadstead, roads, opp. a harbour, ἐν σάλῳ στῆναι, = σαλεύειν II.2; ἀλίμενον μὲν σάλους δὲ ἔχον Plb. 1.53.10; οὔτε λιμὴν οὔτε σ. ἐπʼ ἀγκύρας D.S. 3.44, cf. Agatharch. 92, Peripl.M.Rubr. 7 (pl.), 55.

II tossing on the sea, waver

of ships or persons in them, tossing on the sea, ἐκ πολλοῦ σ. εὕδοντʼ ἐπʼ ἀκτῆς S. Ph. 271; σάλον εἶχεν ἡ θάλασσα Plu. Luc. 10; καρηβαρεῖν ὑπὸ σ. Luc. Herm. 28; ἐν τοσούτῳ σ. ναυτιάσαντα Id. Tox. 19: metaph. of the ship of the state, τὰ μὲν δὴ πόλεος θεοὶ πολλῷ σ. σείσαντες ὤρθωσαν πάλιν S. Ant. 163; πόλις . . σαλεύει κἀνακουφίσαι κάρα βυθῶν ἔτʼ οὐχ οἵα τε φοινίον σάλου Id. OT 24; ἐν σάλῳ πόλις γενομένη Lys. 6.49; ἔσχε . . ὁ ἀγὼν ὑποτροπὴν καὶ σ. began to waver, Plu. Alex. 32, cf. Aem. 18; cf. σ

2 distemper, restlessness, perplexity

distemper, restlessness, perplexity, LXX Si. 40.5, Gal. 9.816; τῆς ψυχῆς Max.Tyr. 1.1.

2. σαλός · salos

silly, imbecile

silly, imbecile, Hsch. s.v. ὑσθλός, Sch. Ar. Nu. 397.

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