πλύμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ατος, τό, (πλύνω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">water in which something has been washed</b>, π. ἰχθύων <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.82</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>534a27</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>258</span>; κρεῶν Gal.18(1).730; <b class="b3">π. ἀλεύρου</b> [[infusion]] of meal, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.80</span>, <b class="b2">Acut.(Sp</b>.) <span class="bibl">63</span>; πλύματα τοῖς παιδαρίοις <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>398.10</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b2">washings, scum</b>, a by-product of cinnabar, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>58</span> (in form <b class="b3">πλύσματι</b>); from oilworks, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>4425 vii 10</span>(ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">low prostitute</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.7.39</span>.—The form <b class="b3">πλύσμα</b> is found in some codd. and preferred by Phot.; but <b class="b3">πλύμα</b> is guaranteed by metre in Nic.l.c., also by <span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>l. c.</span>