ἡθμός
From LSJ
μὴ περιρέμβου ζητοῦσα θεόν → do not roam about looking for god
English (LSJ)
SIG2 (Sigeum, vi B.C.), Hdn.Gr.1.543, in codd. usu. (but perh. wrongly) ἠθμός, ὁ, (ἤθω) A strainer, colander, SIG l.c., E.Fr. 374, IG22.1416.11, 4.39.20, Gal.Nat.Fac.1.15; esp. wine-strainer, Pherecr.41; part of an eel-trap, Arist.HA534a22; of the eyelashes, X.Mem.1.4.6; prov., τῷ ἠθμῷ ἀντλεῖν, of fruitless toil, Arist.Oec. 1344b25. II ἠ. σχοίνινος,= κημός III, Cratin.132, cf. AP9.482.23 (Agath.). III sluice or weir (?), IG11(2).287 A75 (Delos, iii B.C.).
French (Bailly abrégé)
anc. att. c. ἠθμός.
