κλεψύδρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[κλεψύδρη]], ἡ, ([[ὕδωρ]]) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[pipette]], = [[ὑδράρπαξ]], a small vessel with one or more perforations below and an air-vent above, for transferring small quantities of liquid, <span class="bibl">Emp.100.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>213a27</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span> 914b9</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Spir.</span>2.27</span> (described in <span class="bibl">1.7</span>), <span class="bibl">Simp.<span class="title">in Cael.</span>524.19</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">in Ph.</span>647.26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[clepsydra]], [[water-clock]], a [[water-butt]] with a narrow orifice underneath, through which the water trickled slowly, for measuring periods of time, used to time speeches in the law-courts, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>93</span>, <span class="bibl">857</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>67.2</span>, etc.; πρὸς κλεψύδρας ἀγωνίζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Po.</span>1451a8</span>; τὴν ὀπὴν βῦσον τῆς κλεψύδρης <span class="bibl">Herod.2.43</span>; for measuring military watches, <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.22.24</span>; for astronomical measurements, <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">Hyp.</span>4.74</span> (in the form of a perforated bowl floating on water, <span class="bibl">Gal. <span class="title">Anim.Pass.</span>2.5</span>); rarely for other purposes, Eub.<span class="bibl">p.182</span> K., <span class="bibl">Epin.2</span>; εἰς τὴν ἐκπλήρωσιν τῆς κ. Herophil. ap. <span class="bibl">Marcellin.<span class="title">Puls.</span>265</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> name of an ebbing well, in the Acropolis at Athens, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1695</span> (lyr.); at Ithome, Pap.in <span class="title">Abh.Berl.Akad.</span>1904(2).14 (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Paus. 4.31.6</span>.</span>