ἰκμάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=άδος, ἡ, [[moisture]], e.g. of [[oily]] [[leather]], <span class="bibl">Il.17.392</span>; ἰκμάδος ἐστὶ ἐν αὐτῇ [τῇ Λιβύῃ] οὐδέν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.185</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνιεὶς ἐκ τοῦ σώματος ἰκμάδα</b>, of a [[corpse]] exposed to the sun, <span class="bibl">Id.3.125</span>, cf. Hp.Aër.8; of [[moisture]] in the soil, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>8.6</span>; also <b class="b3">θανόντων ἰσὶν οὐκ ἔνεστ' ἰκμάς</b> no [[blood]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>229</span> (prob.); of the bodily [[humours]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>4.40</span>; of all kinds of [[animal]] [[juice]]s or [[moist]] [[secretion]]s, τὸ [[περίττωμα]] τῆς ὑγρᾶς ἰ. ὃν καλοῦμεν ἱδρῶτα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>668b4</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν καταμηνίων ἰκμάς</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">GA</span>727b11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>556b27</span>, al.: com. metaph., τὴν ἰ. τῆς φροντίδος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>233</span>; <b class="b3">ἰκμὰς Βάκχου</b>, i.e. [[wine]], <span class="title">AP</span>5.133 (Posidipp.); <b class="b3">ἰκμὰς δρυός</b>, i.e. [[gum]], ib.<span class="bibl">6.109</span> (Antip.).