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ζάψ

zaps · ἡ

surf

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What it meant — LSJ

surf

surf, καρῖδας ἡ ζ. ἐκφέρει κἰχθύδια Cratin.Jun. 13, cf. Euph. 3, Simm. 11; πόντου . . περιστείνει ἁλυκὴ ζ. Dionys.Iamb. ap. Clem.Al. Strom. 5.8.47 (who says some took ζ. πῦρ).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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