ἔλασμα
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A metal beaten out, metal-plate, Ph.Bel.69.51, D.S.5.33, Dsc.5.81, Paus.10.16.1. 2 general name for probes and other surgical instruments, Gal.2.574; ἔ. ξύλινον ibid.: esp. flat end of a probe, Heliod. ap. Orib.44.11.3. II = ἔλασις, Eust.1306.55.
