ἅλμην πιόντες ἐξαπῆλθον τοῦ βίου → they drank seawater and departed from life
lūtēr: ēris, m., = λουτήρ,I a hand-basin, laver, Hier. in Jov. 1, n. 20; Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 26 al.