κλεψύδρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[κλεψύδρη]], ἡ, ([[ὕδωρ]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[pipette]], = [[ὑδράρπαξ]], a small vessel with one or more perforations below and an air-vent above, for transferring small quantities of liquid, Emp.100.9, Arist.Ph.213a27, Pr. 914b9, al., Hero Spir.2.27 (described in 1.7), Simp.in Cael.524.19, in Ph.647.26.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[clepsydra]], [[water-clock]], a [[water-butt]] with a narrow [[orifice]] underneath, through which the [[water]] [[trickle]]d slowly, for measuring periods of time, used to time speeches in the [[court of law|courts of law]], Ar.V.93, 857, Arist.Ath.67.2, etc.; πρὸς κλεψύδρας [[ἀγωνίζεσθαι]] Id.Po.1451a8; τὴν ὀπὴν βῦσον τῆς κλεψύδρης Herod.2.43; for measuring [[military]] [[watch]]es, Aen.Tact.22.24; for [[astronomical]] [[measurement]]s, Procl. Hyp.4.74 (in the form of a perforated [[bowl]] [[float]]ing on [[water]], Gal. Anim.Pass.2.5); rarely for other purposes, Eub.p.182 K., Epin.2; εἰς τὴν ἐκπλήρωσιν τῆς κ. Herophil. ap. Marcellin.Puls.265.<br><span class="bld">III</span> name of an [[ebb]]ing [[well]], in the [[Acropolis]] at [[Athens]], Ar.Av.1695 (lyr.); at [[Ithome]], Pap.in Abh.Berl.Akad.1904(2).14 (ii B.C.), Paus. 4.31.6.