φλοῖσβος

A. any confused roaring noise, in Hom. of the noise of battle, Il. 5.322, 469, 10.416 (never in Od.): τὸν μὲν ἄρ’ ἐκ φλοίσβου . . ῥύσαντο Euph. 23; of the sea, πόντου περῶσα φλοῖσβον A. Pr. 792, cf. S. Fr. 479, Hymn.Is. 166; φλοίσβων δίναις Lyc. 379; ἰλυόεις φ. Opp. H. 1.777.—Poet. word.