ἅλμη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[ἅλς]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[seawater]], [[brine]], Od.5.53, Pi.P.2.80, etc.; [[spray]] that has dried on the [[skin]], Od.6.219; [[salt]] [[incrustation]] on [[soil]], Hdt.2.12, Thphr.CP6.10.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., [[brine]], i.e. the [[sea]], Arion l.3, Pi.P.4.39, A.Pers.397, Tim.Pers.96, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[salt]] [[water]], [[brine]] used for [[pickling]], Hdt.2.77, Ar.V.1515, Fr.416; ἡ Θασία ἅ. Cratin.6; ἐν ἅλμῃ ἕψειν [τὸν ἰχθύν] Antiph.222, cf.Eub.44; καταπνίγειν Sotad.Com.1.21, etc.: [[proverb|prov.]], [[πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς]] '[[first catch your hare, then cook it]]', Phot. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[πρίν]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[saltness]], esp. as a bad quality in soil, X.Oec.20.12, cf. Thphr.CP6.10.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[salt soil]], PLond.2.267.95, al. (i/ii A. D.).