ἁλμυρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, ([[ἅλμη]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[salt]], [[briny]], Hom. only in Od., and always in phrase ἁλμυρὸν [[ὕδωρ]] [[salt]] [[sea]]-[[water]], 4.511, etc.; ἁλμυρὸς [[πόντος]] Hes.''Th.''107, Alc.26; [[θάλασσα]] Sapph.''Supp.''25.10; καθ' ἁ. ἅλα Epich.53, E.''Tr.''76; βένθεα Pi.''O.''7.57; ἁλμυρὸς [[ποταμός]], of the [[Hellespont]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.35.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Prose, of [[taste]], [[salt]], γίνεται τὸ [[στόμα]] ἁλμυρόν Hp.Acut.(Sp.)44; ὄψα ἀ. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.2.31, cf. Hp.''Vict.''1.56; ἁλμυρὸν [[αἷμα]] Pl.''Ti.''84a s.v.l.; of [[drinking]]-[[water]], [[brackish]], Th.4.26; of [[soil]], [[Theophrastus]] ''CP''6.10.1, [[LXX]] ''Je.''17.6; opp. [[μῶρος]] ([[insipid]]), ''Com.Adesp.''596.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[bitter]], [[distasteful]], γειτόνημα Alcm.116, cf. Pl.''Lg.''705a; ἀκοή ''Phdr.''243d; λόγοι Ath.3.121e; <b class="b3">ἁλμυρὰ κλαίειν</b> [[weep]] [[bitterly]], Theoc.23.34; ἁλμυρὸν καταπτύσαι Cerc.19.37.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[piquant]], ἁ. καὶ δριμύ Plu.2.685e.