μάλθα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>157</span>) or [[μάλθη]] (<span class="bibl">Cratin.204</span>), ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[mixture of wax and pitch]] (cf. Fest.<span class="bibl">p.119</span> L.) for [[caulk]]ing ships, μάλθῃ τὴν τρόπιν παραχρίσας <span class="bibl">Hippon.50</span>; for laying over writing-tablets, <b class="b3">τὴν μάλθαν ἐκ τῶν γραμματείων ἤσθιον</b> Ar.l.c.; ἐν μάλθῃ γεγραμμένη μαρτυρία <span class="bibl">D.46.11</span>; <b class="b3">μάλθης ἄναγνα σώματ' ἐκμεμαγμένα</b> fashioned of [[wax]] (and [[melt]]ing with [[terror]]), S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span>140. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a great [[fish]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>9.49</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp. <span class="title">H.</span>1.371</span>; = [[πρῆστις]], Suid. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> also expld. by <b class="b3">μαλακία καὶ τρυφερή</b>, and <b class="b3">ῥύπος ξηρός</b>, Hsch.</span>