ἡθμός

English (LSJ)

SIG2 (Sigeum, vi B.C.), Hdn.Gr.1.543, in codd. usu. (but perh. wrongly) ἠθμός, ὁ, (ἤθω)    A strainer, colander, SIG l.c., E.Fr. 374, IG22.1416.11, 4.39.20, Gal.Nat.Fac.1.15; esp. wine-strainer, Pherecr.41; part of an eel-trap, Arist.HA534a22; of the eyelashes, X.Mem.1.4.6; prov., τῷ ἠθμῷ ἀντλεῖν, of fruitless toil, Arist.Oec. 1344b25.    II ἠ. σχοίνινος,= κημός 111, Cratin.132, cf. AP9.482.23 (Agath.).    III sluice or weir (?), IG11(2).287 A75 (Delos, iii B.C.).

French (Bailly abrégé)

anc. att. c. ἠθμός.