ἰκμάς: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=άδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">moisture</b>, e.g. of oily leather, <span class="bibl">Il.17.392</span>; ἰκμάδος ἐστὶ ἐν αὐτῇ [τῇ Λιβύῃ] οὐδέν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.185</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνιεὶς ἐκ τοῦ σώματος ἰκμάδα</b>, of a corpse exposed to the sun, <span class="bibl">Id.3.125</span>, cf. Hp.<b class="b2">Aër</b>.8; of <b class="b2">moisture</b> in the soil, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>8.6</span>; also <b class="b3">θανόντων ἰσὶν οὐκ ἔνεστ' ἰκμάς</b> no <b class="b2">blood</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>229</span> (prob.); of the bodily <b class="b2">humours</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>4.40</span>; of all kinds of <b class="b2">animal juices</b> or <b class="b2">moist secretions</b>, τὸ περίττωμα τῆς ὑγρᾶς ἰ. ὃν καλοῦμεν ἱδρῶτα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>668b4</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν καταμηνίων ἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">GA</span>727b11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>556b27</span>, al.: com. metaph., τὴν ἰ. τῆς φροντίδος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>233</span>; <b class="b3">ἰ. Βάκχου</b>, i.e. wine, <span class="title">AP</span>5.133 (Posidipp.); <b class="b3">ἰ. δρυός</b>, i.e. gum, ib.<span class="bibl">6.109</span> (Antip.).</span>

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