ἱμαλίς
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ, Syrac. epith. of Demeter, Polem. Hist.39:—hence ἱμαλιά, ἡ,= τὸ ἐπίμετρον τῶν ἀλεύρων, Hsch.: ἱμάλιος, α, ον,
A abundant, Id.: as name of a month at Hierapytna, GDI5040.4. II Dor. word for ὁ νόστος καὶ τὰ ἐπίμετρα τῶν ἀλεύρων Trypho ap.Ath.14.618d;= ἐπιμύλιος ᾠδή, Hsch., Poll.4.53.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1252] ίδος, ἡ, nach Trvphon bei Ath. XIV, 618 e dor. = Νόστος, eine Mühlengottheit, ἢ τὰ ἐπίμετρα τῶν ἀλέτων, vgl. ἱμαλιά. Bei den Syrakusanern hieß so Demeter, Ath. III, 109 a X, 416 e. Nach Hesych. wie ἱμαῖος ein Müllerlied.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἱμαλίς: -ίδος, ἡ, ἐπίθ. τῆς Δήμητρος παρὰ Συρακοσίοις, Πολέμων παρ’ Ἀθην. 109Α. - ἐντεῦθεν ἱμαλιά, «τὸ ἐπίμετρον τῶν ἀλεύρων. ἐπιγέννημα ἀλετρίδος, καὶ ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀχύρων χνοῦς, καὶ περιουσία» Ἡσύχ. - προσέτι «ἱμάλιον· καρποφόρον, νόστιμον» ὁ αὐτ. ΙΙ. Δωρ. λέξ. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἱμαῖον μέλος, Τρύφ παρ’ Ἀθην. 618Ε.
