coating
From LSJ
λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” → He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Ar. and P. λέμμα, τό (Plato, Timaeus 76A).
a coating of ice had formed not strong enough to give a foothold: P. κρύσταλλος ἐπεπήγει οὐ βέβαιος ὥστε ἐπελθεῖν (Thuc. 3, 23).