ἄλειφαρ
From LSJ
οὐ γὰρ συμφύεται τὰ πεπηγότα ὤσπερ τὰ ὑγρά (Aristotle, Meteorologica 348a.14) → since solid bodies/frozen drops cannot coalesce like liquid ones
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, (ἀλείφω)
A unguent, anointing-oil, oil, fat, used in funeral sacrifices, Il.23.170, Od.3.408, etc.; ἄλειφαρ ἀπὸ κέδρου, ἀπὸ σιλλικυπρίων, oil of cedar, etc., Hdt.2.87,94; ἄ. ῥόδινον Hp.Mul.1.74. II pitch or resin, to seal wine-jars, Theoc.7.147.—Cf. foreg.
