distillation
From LSJ
ἐὰν οὖν τὰ μαλακὰ σκληρῶς καὶ τὰ σκληρὰ μαλακῶς λέγηται, πιθανὸν γίγνεται → but if, as a result, gentle things are said harshly and harsh things gently, the result is unpersuasive
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
what is distilled: V. σταγών, ἡ, στάγμα, τό, στάλαγμα, τό; see drop, exudation.
the flesh fell from her bones like the distillation of a pine: V. σάρκες δ' ἀπ' ὀστέων ὥστε πεύκινον δάκρυ… ἀπέρρεον (Eur., Medea 1200).
