μάλθα

English (LSJ)

(Ar.Fr.157) or μάλθη (Cratin.204), ἡ,

   A mixture of wax and pitch (cf. Fest.p.119 L.) for caulking ships, μάλθῃ τὴν τρόπιν παραχρίσας Hippon.50; for laying over writing-tablets, τὴν μάλθαν ἐκ τῶν γραμματείων ἤσθιον Ar.l.c.; ἐν μάλθῃ γεγραμμένη μαρτυρία D.46.11; μάλθης ἄναγνα σώματ' ἐκμεμαγμένα fashioned of wax (and melting with terror), S.Ichn.140.    II a great fish, Ael.NA9.49, Opp. H.1.371; = πρῆστις, Suid.    III also expld. by μαλακία καὶ τρυφ[ερ]ή, and ῥύπος ξηρός, Hsch.