πολύφλοισβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s, many) +‎ φλοῖσβος (phloîsbos, a roaring noise).

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Adjective

πολῠ́φλοισβος • (polŭ́phloisbosm or f (neuter πολῠ́φλοισβον); second declension (Epic)

  1. (poetic, of the sea) Loudly roaring, loud-resounding; polyphloisbic, undisonant.
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.34:
      βῆ δ’ ἀκέων παρὰ θῖνα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλάσσης:
      bê d’ akéōn parà thîna poluphloísboio thalássēs:
      • Translation by A.T. Murray:
        Forth he went in silence along the shore of the loud-resounding sea,

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