ἁλμυρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, (ἅλμη) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[salt]], [[briny]], Hom. only in Od., and always in phrase <b class="b3">ἁ. ὕδωρ</b> <b class="b2">salt sea</b>-water, <span class="bibl">4.511</span>, etc.; πόντος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>107</span>, <span class="bibl">Alc.26</span>; θάλασσα <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>25.10</span>; καθ' ἁ. ἅλα <span class="bibl">Epich.53</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>76</span>; βένθεα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.57</span>; <b class="b3">ποταμός</b>, of the Hellespont, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Prose, of taste, [[salt]], γίνεται τὸ στόμα ἁ. Hp.<b class="b2">Acut.(Sp.)</b>44; ὄψα ἀ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.2.31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>1.56</span>; αἷμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>84a</span> s.v.l.; of drinking-water, [[brackish]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.26</span>; ofsoil, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">CP</span>6.10.1</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Je.</span>17.6</span>; opp. <b class="b3">μῶρος</b> (insipid), <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>596. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[bitter]], [[distasteful]], γειτόνημα <span class="bibl">Alcm.116</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>705a</span>; ἀκοή <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>243d</span>; λόγοι <span class="bibl">Ath.3.121e</span>; <b class="b3">ἁλμυρὰ κλαίειν</b> weep [[bitterly]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.23.34</span>; ἁλμυρὸν καταπτύσαι <span class="bibl">Cerc.19.37</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[piquant]], ἁ. καὶ δριμύ Plu.2.685e.</span>