distillation

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

what is distilled: V. σταγών, ἡ, στάγμα, τό, στάλαγμα, τό; see drop, exudation.

the flesh fell from her bones like the distillation of a pine: V. σάρκες δ' ἀπ' ὀστέων ὥστε πεύκινον δάκρυ… ἀπέρρεον (Eur., Medea 1200).