silt
From LSJ
στάζει γὰρ αὖ μοι φοίνιον τόδ᾽ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα → blood oozing from the deep wound, bloody gore drops oozing from the depths of my wound
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
they (the islands) serve to bind the silt together: P. ἀλλήλαις τῆς προσχώσεως σύνδεσμοι γιγνονται (Thuc. 2, 102).