πῶμα
εἰπὼν ἃ θέλεις, ἀντάκουε ἃ μὴ θέλεις → if you say what you want, hear in response what you don't want
English (LSJ)
(A), ατος, τό,
A lid, cover, φαρέτρης Il.4.116, cf. Od.9.314, B.5.76; χηλοῦ Il.16.221, cf. Od.8.443; πίθου, πίθοιο, Hes.Op.94,98; κάδων Archil.4; κεραμίων PCair.Zen.481.26 (iii B.C., pl.); [κιβωτοῦ] Plu. Rom.28; σιδηροῦν Plb.22.11.16; ἔχει ἡ ἀρτηρία (the windpipe) οἷον π. τὴν ἐπιγλωττίδα Arist.Resp.476a34, cf. HA530a21, al.; ἐπέθηκα τῇ θύρᾳ τὸ π. the stone that closed the entrance, Luc.DMar.2.2; π. λάϊνον, of a tomb, IG12(8).93 (Imbros); operculum of univalves, πορφύρας πώματα Dsc.2.7, cf. 8, Eup.2.63; of the Egyptian bean, Id.2.106.
πῶμα (B), ατος, τό, (πίνω, πέπωκα)
A drink, draught, A.Eu.266 (lyr.), S.Ph.715 (lyr.), E.Hec.392 (prob.), Ba.279 (prob.), Pl.R.406a, etc.; τὰ ἀναγκαῖα π. drinking water, Id.Lg.844b: pl., εὐτρεφέστατον πωμάτων, of Dirce, A. Th.308(lyr.):—the short form πόμα occurs in Pi.N. 3.79 (metaph.), and in later Poets, Call.Fr.8.20 P., Nic.Al.105, 299, Man.3.71 (poet. dat. pl. πομάτεσσι Hsch.); also in Ionic and later Prose, Hp.VM5 (opp. ῥύφημα), Hdt.3.23, Phld.Mus.p.51 K., cf. Poll.6.15; but only as v.l. in correct Attic writers, as Pl.Phd.117b, Phlb.34e:—for πομάτιον in EM578.8 Dind. restores πόμα τι from Hsch. s.v. μελίτιον. II drinking-cup, Hsch.
