postquam altos tetigit fluctus et ad aequora venit, luminis effossi fluidum lavit inde cruorem dentibus infrendens gemitu, graditurque per aequor iam medium, necdum fluctus latera ardua tinxit.
As soon as he touched the deep waves and reached the sea, he washed therein the oozing blood from his eyes socket, gnashing his teeth and groaning, then strides through the open sea; nor has the wave yet wetted his towering sides.