λιβάς
βωμὸν Ἀριστοτέλης ἱδρύσατο τόνδε Πλάτωνος, ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ' αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις → Aristotle had this altar of Plato set up — Plato, a man whom the wicked dare not even mention in praise
English (LSJ)
άδος, ἡ, (λείβω)
A anything that drips or trickles, esp. spring, fount, stream, S.Ph.1215 (lyr.), E.Andr.116, 534 (lyr.); λ. νυμφαία Antiph.52.13; standing water, Babr.24.6: in pl., streams, λιβάσιν ὑδρηλαῖς . . πηγῆς A.Pers.613; δακρύων λιβάδες streams of tears, E.IT 1106 (lyr.); γάλακτος A.R.4.1735; also ἀραιὰ ἡ Αἴγυπτος καὶ ῥᾳδία λιβάδας διαδοῦναι Ephor.65 J.: in pl., also of pools of water that collect after rain, ὑπόνομοι λ. Str.8.6.21, cf. Gal.6.627, Gp.2.6.14; of marshes, Thphr.HP2.4.4; cf. λιβάζω. II vessel that drips when under the influence of heat, a rudimentary thermometer, Hero Spir.2.8.
German (Pape)
[Seite 42] άδος, ἡ (λείβω), das Tröpfelnde, Rinnende, Naß, der Quell, λιβάσιν ὑδρηλαῖς παρθένου πηγῆς μέτα, Aesch. Pers. 605; vom Flusse, σὰν λιπὼν ἱερὰν λιβάδα, Soph. Phil. 1200; πιδακόεσσα λιβάς, Eur. Andr. 116 u. öfter, wie bei sp. D., λιβάδες κρηναῖαι, Antiphil. 39 (IX, 599). – Von Thränen, δακρύων λιβάδες, Eur. I. T. 1106. S. auch λίψ.
