ἀλίβας: Difference between revisions

|Definition=αντος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">dead body, corpse</b>, ἔνεροι καὶ ἀλίβαντες <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 387c</span>, cf. <span class="title">IPE</span>12.519 (Cherson.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">dead river</b>, i.e. <span class="title">Styx</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 790</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">994</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">dead wine</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">vinegar</b>, <span class="bibl">Hippon.102</span>; <b class="b3">ἔβηξαν οἷον</b> (v.l. [[οἶνον]]) <b class="b3"> ἀλίβαντα</b> (or <b class="b3">ἁλίβ-</b>, i.e. <b class="b3">οἱ ἀλίβ-</b>) πίνοντες <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 88</span>; cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>63.52</span>. (Ancient Gramm. derived the word fr. <b class="b3">ἀ-</b> priv., <b class="b3">λιβάς</b> and gave it the meaning <b class="b2">dry, withered</b>, cf. Did. ap. Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 186</span>, <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>35</span>, Plu.2.736a; the quantity of the first a is dub.)</span>