ἀλίβας
From LSJ
ὀλιγαρχία δὲ τῶν μὲν κινδύνων τοῖς πολλοῖς μεταδίδωσι͵ τῶν δ΄ ὠφελίμων οὐ πλεονεκτεῖ μόνον, ἀλλὰ κτλ. → But an oligarchy gives the many a share of the danger, and not content with the largest part takes and keeps the whole of the profit (Thucyd. 6.39)
English (LSJ)
αντος, ὁ,
A dead body, corpse, ἔνεροι καὶ ἀλίβαντες Pl.R. 387c, cf. IPE12.519 (Cherson.). 2 dead river, i.e. Styx, S.Fr. 790 (cf. 994). 3 dead wine, i.e. vinegar, Hippon.102; ἔβηξαν οἷον (v.l. οἶνον) ἀλίβαντα (or ἁλίβ-, i.e. οἱ ἀλίβ-) πίνοντες Call.Fr. 88; cf. EM63.52. (Ancient Gramm. derived the word fr. ἀ- priv., λιβάς and gave it the meaning dry, withered, cf. Did. ap. Sch.Ar.Ra. 186, Corn.ND35, Plu.2.736a; the quantity of the first a is dub.)
