ἅλμη
τὸ ἀνάλημμα καὶ τὴν ἐπ' αὐτοῦ κερκίδα → the retaining wall and the wedge of theatre seats supported by it
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (ἅλς)
A sea-water, brine, Od.5.53, Pi.P.2.80, etc.; spray that has dried on the skin, Od.6.219; salt incrustation on soil, Hdt.2.12, Thphr.CP6.10.4. 2 after Hom., brine, i.e. the sea, Arion l.3, Pi.P.4.39, A.Pers.397, Tim.Pers.96, etc. 3 salt-water, brine used for pickling, Hdt.2.77, Ar.V.1515, Fr.416; ἡ Θασία ἅ. Cratin.6; ἐν ἅλμῃ ἕψειν [τὸν ἰχθύν] Antiph.222, cf.Eub.44; καταπνίγειν Sotad.Com.1.21, etc.: prov., πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς 'first catch your hare, then cook it', Phot. s.v. πρίν. II saltness, esp. as a bad quality in soil, X.Oec.20.12, cf. Thphr.CP6.10.4. 2 salt soil, PLond.2.267.95, al. (i/ii A. D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 108] ἡ (ἅλς), das Meerwasser, Hom. sechsmal, Od. 5, 53. 322 (πικρήν); der Schmutz, welchen das getrocknete Meerwasser auf der Haut zurückläßt Od. 6, 137. 219. 225. 23, 237; – Pind. P. 4, 39; selten in Prosa, ἰχθῦς ἐξ ἅλμης τεταριχευμένους Her. 2, 77; Plat. Phaed. 110 a; eine Brühe Ar. Vesp. 1515; salziger Geschmack Her. 2, 12; alles, was salzig ist, vgl. Plat. Tim. 84 b; Xen. Oec. 20, 12; – das Meer selbst Pind. N. 6, 67; Aesch. Pers. 397; Eur. Med. 1276 I. T. 1366 u. sp. D.
