ὅλμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(ὄλμος codd. of Hes. and Hdt., v. infr. <span class="bibl">11.1</span>), ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[a round smooth stone]] (<b class="b3">περιφερὴς λίθος μάρμαρος</b>, Hsch.), χεῖρας ἀπὸ ξίφεϊ τμήξας ἀπό τ' αὐχένα κόψας, ὅλμον δ' ὣς ἔσσενε κυλίνδεσθαι δι' ὁμίλου <span class="bibl">Il.11.147</span> (from which passage it was taken to signify [[the human trunk]], <span class="bibl">Poll.2.162</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>460.17</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> later, any [[cylindrical]] or <b class="b2">bowl-shaped body :</b> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[mortar]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>423</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.200</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1126.24, 12(5).872.82(Tenos, iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLille</span>9.9</span> (iii B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[kneadingtrough]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>201</span>,<span class="bibl">238</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[hollow seat]] on which the Pythia prophesied, hence [[proverb|prov.]], ἐν ὅλμῳ κοιμᾶσθαι Plu.<span class="title">Prov.</span>2.14 ; ἐν ὅ. εὐνάσω <span class="bibl">Zen.3.63</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ τοίχου τὸ μέρος τοῦ κατὰ τὸν ὅλμον</b> (in the temple of Amphiaraus at Rhamnus), Ἐφ.Ἀρχ. <span class="bibl">1909.271</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[support]], καθίσας τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὀκλὰξ ἐπὶ ὅλμων δύο <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Haem.</span>4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[drinking-vessel]], <span class="bibl">Menesth.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[mouthpiece of a flute]], <span class="bibl">Eup.267</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Poll.4.70</span>, and v. [[ὑφόλμιον]] ''ΙΙ''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[dial]], ὅλμου τοῦ λιθίνου ὃς ἐκαλεῖτο Ἑλληνιστὶ [γν] ώμων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span>1.27.26</span> (iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[stone used as a weight]], [[proverb|prov.]] ὅ. ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>473.3</span>.</span>