τελμίς
From LSJ
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
English (LSJ)
ῖνος, ὁ,
A = τέλμα 11 1, mud, slime, ls. ap. EM751.24: pl., Procop.Goth.4.26.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1088] ῖνος, ὁ, wie τέλμα, Moder, Schlamm, Hesych.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τελμίς: -ῖνος, ὁ, ὡς τὸ τέλμα ΙΙ, ὁ ἐκ τῶν τελμάτων πηλός, Φώτ., «τελμίς· ἡ ἐν τοῖς τέλμασιν ὑφισταμένη ἰλὺς» Ἡσύχ., Ἰσαῖος ἐν τῷ Μεγ. Ἐτυμολ. 751, 24 ἐν λ. τέλμα.
