σταλαγμός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">dropping, dripping</b>, from the mouth of horses and hunted animals, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>61</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>247</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">783</span> (lyr.); φόνου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>241</span> (pl.); αἵματος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span> 351</span>,<span class="bibl">1003</span> (pl.); of a profuse sweat, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>7.85</span>, cf. Gal.19.140; ὁ σ. κατατρίβει τοὺς λίθους <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>253b15</span>; <b class="b3">κίονες πεπήγασιν ἀπό τινων σ</b>., of stalactites, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mir.</span>834b32</span>; also σμύρνης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>370</span> (pl.): metaph., <b class="b3">σ. εἰρήνης</b> <b class="b2">the least drop</b> of... <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1033</span>; <b class="b3">τύχης σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Diog.Sinop.2</span>; contemptuously of a little man, <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.34.3</span>. (<b class="b3">σταλαγμούς</b> is unmetrical in <span class="bibl">Arat.966</span>: <b class="b3">σταλαημούς</b> cj. Koechly, cf. <b class="b3">σταλεηδόνες</b>.)</span>