σάλος
Alt. σά^λος, ὁ,
I. "any unsteady, tossing motion", of an earthquake, Eur.: "the tossing or rolling swell" of the sea, id=Eur.; so in pl., πόντιοι σάλοι id=Eur.
II. of ships or persons in them, "a tossing on the sea", Soph.: —metaph. of the ship of the state, "tempest-tossing", id=Soph.; σάλον ἔχειν to be "in distress", Plut.