ἁλμυρός
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English (LSJ)
ά, όν, (ἅλμη)
A salt, briny, Hom. only in Od., and always in phrase ἁ. ὕδωρ salt sea-water, 4.511, etc.; πόντος Hes.Th.107, Alc.26; θάλασσα Sapph.Supp.25.10; καθ' ἁ. ἅλα Epich.53, E.Tr.76; βένθεα Pi.O.7.57; ποταμός, of the Hellespont, Hdt.7.35. 2 in Prose, of taste, salt, γίνεται τὸ στόμα ἁ. Hp.Acut.(Sp.)44; ὄψα ἀ. X.Cyr.6.2.31, cf. Hp.Vict.1.56; αἷμα Pl.Ti.84a s.v.l.; of drinking-water, brackish, Th.4.26; ofsoil, Thphr. CP6.10.1, LXX Je.17.6; opp. μῶρος (insipid), Com.Adesp.596. 3 metaph., bitter, distasteful, γειτόνημα Alcm.116, cf. Pl.Lg.705a; ἀκοή Phdr.243d; λόγοι Ath.3.121e; ἁλμυρὰ κλαίειν weep bitterly, Theoc.23.34; ἁλμυρὸν καταπτύσαι Cerc.19.37. b piquant, ἁ. καὶ δριμύ Plu.2.685e.
German (Pape)
[Seite 108] salzig, Hom. achtmal, stets ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ Versende, Od. 4, 511. 5, 100, ἐπιπλεῖν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ 9, 227. 470, θαλάσσης ἁλμ υρὸν ὕδωρ 12, 236. 240. 431. 15, 294; – Thuc. 4, 26; ἁλμυρὸς πόντος Hes. Th. 107. 964; Pind. nennt das Meer ἁλμ υρὰ βένθεα Ol. 7, 57, Eur. ἁλμυρὸν πόντου βάθος Troad. 1; öfter bei Dichtern; ἁλμυρὰ ὄψα Xen. Cyr. 6, 2, 31; δολερὸς καὶ άλμ. ποταμός Her. 7, 35 der Hellespont; übertr. bitter, unerfreulich, ἀκοή Plat. Phaedr. 243 d; neben πικρὸν γειτόνημα Legg. IV, 705 a; κάλλος ἁλμ. καὶ δριμύ, pikant, Plut. Symp. 5, 10, 4; ἁλμυρὰ κλαίειν, bitterlich, Theocr. 23, 34.
