ἅλμη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (ἅλς) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[sea-water]], [[brine]], <span class="bibl">Od.5.53</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.80</span>, etc.; [[spray that has dried on the skin]], <span class="bibl">Od.6.219</span>; [[salt incrustation]] on soil, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.10.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., [[brine]], i.e. [[the sea]], Arion l.<span class="bibl">3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.39</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>397</span>, <span class="bibl">Tim.<span class="title">Pers.</span>96</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[salt-water]], [[brine]] used for pickling, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.77</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1515</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>416</span>; ἡ Θασία ἅ. <span class="bibl">Cratin.6</span>; ἐν ἅλμῃ ἕψειν [τὸν ἰχθύν] <span class="bibl">Antiph.222</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Eub.44</span>; καταπνίγειν <span class="bibl">Sotad.Com.1.21</span>, etc.: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς</b> 'first catch your hare, then cook it', Phot. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[πρίν]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[saltness]], esp. as a bad quality in soil, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>20.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.10.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[salt soil]], PLond.2.267.95, al. (i/ii A. D.).</span>