silt
From LSJ
οἱ βάρβαροι γὰρ ἄνδρας ἡγοῦνται μόνους τοὺς πλεῖστα δυναμένους καταφαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν → for great feeders and heavy drinkers are alone esteemed as men by the barbarians
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. πρόσχωσις, ἡ.
They (the islands) serve to bind the silt together: P. ἀλλήλαις τῆς προσχώσεως σύνδεσμοι γιγνονται (Thuc. 2, 102).
