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Νόσον δὲ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν ἢ λύπην φέρειν → Morbum quam tristitatem exantles facilius → Es lässt sich leichter krank sein als betrübt
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A sea-water, brine, Od.5.53, Pi.P.2.80, etc.; spray that has dried on the skin, Od.6.219; salt incrustation on soil, Hdt.2.12, Thphr.CP6.10.4. 2 after Hom., brine, i.e. the sea, Arion l.3, Pi.P.4.39, A.Pers.397, Tim.Pers.96, etc. 3 salt-water, brine used for pickling, Hdt.2.77, Ar.V.1515, Fr.416; ἡ Θασία ἅ. Cratin.6; ἐν ἅλμῃ ἕψειν [τὸν ἰχθύν] Antiph.222, cf.Eub.44; καταπνίγειν Sotad.Com.1.21, etc.: prov., πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς 'first catch your hare, then cook it', Phot. s.v. πρίν. II saltness, esp. as a bad quality in soil, X.Oec.20.12, cf. Thphr.CP6.10.4. 2 salt soil, PLond.2.267.95, al. (i/ii A. D.).
