coating
From LSJ
ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται → in order that so the memory of the past may not be blotted out from among men by time
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Ar. and P. λέμμα, τό (Plato, Timaeus 76A).
a coating of ice had formed not strong enough to give a foothold: P. κρύσταλλος ἐπεπήγει οὐ βέβαιος ὥστε ἐπελθεῖν (Thuc. 3, 23).