λῦμα
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
(A), ατος, τό, mostly in pl. (sg. in Berl.Sitzb.1927.159 (Cyrene)),
A water used in washing, or dirt removed by washing, offscourings, οἱ δ' ἀπελυμαίνοντο καὶ εἰς ἅλα λύματα βάλλον Il.1.314; ἀμβροσίῃ μὲν πρῶτον ἀπὸ χροὸς . . λύματα πάντα κάθηρεν 14.171; ἔκλυζεν ποταμῷ λύματα Call.Aet.3.1.25; of catarrhal discharges, purgations, Hp.Gland.12; λύμαθ' ἁγνίσας ἐμά, of the blood on his hands, S.Aj.655; τόκοιο λύματα, = τὰ λόχια, Call.Jov.17: generally, offscourings, refuse, γῆς Id.Ap.109; δόμων ἐκ λύματ' ἔνεικαν A.R.4.710; of ordure, Call.Fr.216; ἔκβολα λ. δαιτός Id.Cer.116; ἐκκλύζειν τὰ λ. τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸν Τίβεριν Str.5.3.8, cf. Plu.2.518b. II moral filth, defilement, in sg., λῦμα τῷ γήρᾳ τρέφῃ; S.OC805. III = λύμη, ruin, A.Pr.692 (pl., lyr.): in sg., of a person, σύ τ', ὦ λῦμ' Ἀχαιῶν, i. e. Hector, E.Tr.591 (lyr.).
λῦμα (B), ατος, τό, (λύω)
A = ἐνέχυρον, Suid. (pl.).
