μήρυμα
ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A that which is drawn out: strand of gut, Ph.Bel. 65.33; skein of such strands, Hero Bel.81.14; thread, Poll.7.29; μηρύματα λίθων, of fibrous stone, Plu.2.434a; of bitumen, J.BJ4.8.4; of ship's cordage, Plu.Cic.47; μ. ἐρίου Dem.Ophth. ap. Aët.7.53; kink in a string, Hero Aut.2.11. II a serpent's coil or trail, δολιχῷ μ. γαστρός Nic.Th.160, 265 (μηρύγματι codd., cf. Hsch., Cyr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 178] τό, = μήρυγμα, bessere Form, s. Lob. parall. 433; Poll. 7, 29; Plut. def. or. 43; Schol. Soph. Tr. 597 erkl. so κάταγμα οἰός.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μήρῡμα: τό, κεκλωσμένον πρᾶγμα, κλωστή, Πολυδ. Ζ΄, 29· ἐπὶ ἰνώδους λίθου, Πλούτ. 2. 434Α. II. ὡς τὸ Λατ. tractus, volumen, ἡ σπεῖρα τοῦ ὄφεως, δολιχῷ μ. γαστρὸς Νικ. Θηρ. 163, 265, - ὡς γράφει ὁ Λοβέκ. ἐν Παραλ. 433 ἀντὶ τῆς γραφῆς μήρυγμα.
