τέλμα
From LSJ
Oἷς ὁ βιος ἀεὶ φόβων καὶ ὑποψίας ἐστὶ πλήρης, τούτοις οὔτε πλοῦτος οὔτε δόξα τέρψιν παρέχει. → To those for whom life is always full of fears and suspicion, neither wealth nor fame offers pleasure.
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A standing water, pond, marsh, swamp, Ar.Av. 1593, Pl.Phd.109b, X.Oec.20.11, Men.Epit.532, Thphr.HP1.4.2: pl., low lands subject to inundation, water-meads, Hdt.2.93, Thphr. Fr.174.1, Gal.6.709, 15.121, Jul.Mis.358a; mud at the edge of a riverbank, Ael.VH12.46. II mud used as mortar, τέλματι χρεώμενοι ἀσφάλτῳ Hdt.1.179; cf. τελμίς. 2 space pointed with mortar, between the courses of masonry, Procop.Aed.2.1.
