coating
From LSJ
Oἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι ἦσαν ἐν μεγάλῳ κινδύνῳ... (adaptation of Herodotus 6.105) → The Athenians were in great danger...
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Ar. and P. λέμμα, τό (Plato, Timaeus 76A).
a coating of ice had formed not strong enough to give a foothold: P. κρύσταλλος ἐπεπήγει οὐ βέβαιος ὥστε ἐπελθεῖν (Thuc. 3, 23).