λήμη
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A a humour that gathers in the corner of the eye, rheum, Hp. VM19, Prog.2: in pl., sore eyes, Ar.Lys.301 (v. Sch.): metaph., ἡ τοῦ Πειραιέως λ. the eye-sore of Piraeus, of Aegina, Pericles ap.Arist. Rh.1411a15, Plu.Per.8; Κρονικαὶ λῆμαι old prejudices that dim the mind's eye, Ar.Pl.581; ὄψεως λ. ἡ δεισιδαιμονία Plu.2.1101c. (Cf. λάμας.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λήμη: ἡ, ἡ περὶ τοὺς κανθοὺς τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν πεπηγυῖα ὕλη, κοινῶς «τσίμπλα», Ἱππ. π. Ἀρχ. Ἰητρ. 15, Προγν. 32· αἱ λῆμαι, ὀφθαλμοὶ πάσχοντες, Ἀριστοφ. Λυσ. 301, ἔνθα ἴδε Σχολ.· μεταφ. ἡ Αἴγινα ἐκαλεῖτο ὑπὸ τοῦ Περικλέους, ἡ τοῦ Πειραιέως λ., ἡ «τσίμπλα» τοῦ Πειραιῶς, Ἀριστ. Ρητορ. 3. 10, 7, Πλουτ. Περικλ. 8· λῆμαι Κρονικαί, ἀρχαῖαι προλήψεις ἐμποδίζουσαι τὴν πνευματικὴν ὄρασιν, Ἀριστοφ. Πλ. 581· ὄψεως λ. ἡ δεισιδαιμονία Πλούτ. 2. 1101C. - ὁ Ἱππ. 943, ἔχει καὶ λημίαι, αἱ. Πιθανῶς ἐκ τῆς √ΓΛΑΜ, πρβλ. γλᾰμάω, γλαμυρός, γλάμων, Λατ. gram-ia, gram-iosus· ἴδε Γγ. Ι.)
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
chassie ; αἱ λῆμαι humeurs qui troublent le cerveau, chimères.
Étymologie: DELG étym. ignorée.
