λιβάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=άδος, ἡ, (λείβω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">anything that drips</b> or <b class="b2">trickles</b>, esp. <b class="b2">spring, fount, stream</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1215</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>116</span>, <span class="bibl">534</span> (lyr.); λ. νυμφαία <span class="bibl">Antiph.52.13</span>; <b class="b2">standing water</b>, <span class="bibl">Babr.24.6</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">streams</b>, λιβάσιν ὑδρηλαῖς… πηγῆς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>613</span>; <b class="b3">δακρύων λιβάδες</b> <b class="b2">streams</b> of tears, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span> 1106</span> (lyr.); γάλακτος <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1735</span>; also ἀραιὰ ἡ Αἴγυπτος καὶ ῥᾳδία λιβάδας διαδοῦναι <span class="bibl">Ephor.65</span> J.: in pl., also of <b class="b2">pools of water</b> that collect after rain, ὑπόνομοι λ. <span class="bibl">Str.8.6.21</span>, cf. Gal.6.627, <span class="title">Gp.</span>2.6.14; of marshes, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.4.4</span>; cf. [[λιβάζω]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">vessel that drips</b> when under the influence of heat, a rudimentary thermometer, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Spir.</span>2.8</span>.</span>