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ἁλμαιοπώλης
ἁλμάς
ἁλματίας
ἁλματισταί
ἁλματύραι
ἁλμάω
ἁλμεῖον
ἅλμευσις
ἁλμευτής
ἁλμεύω
ἅλμη
ἁλμήεις
ἅλμια
ἁλμίζομαι
ἁλμοποσία
ἁλμοπότις
ἁλμυρίδιον
ἁλμυρίζω
ἁλμυρίς
ἁλμυρόγεως
ἁλμυρός
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ἅλμη
ἅλμ-η, ἡ,(ἅλς)
A). sea-water, brine, Od. 5.53 , Pi. P. 2.80 , etc.; spray that has dried on the skin, Od. 6.219 ; salt incrustation on soil, Hdt. 2.12 , Thphr. CP 6.10.4 .
2). after Hom., brine, i.e. the sea, Arion l. 3 , Pi. P. 4.39 , A. Pers. 397 , Tim. Pers. 96 , etc.
3). salt-water, brine used for pickling, Hdt. 2.77 , Ar. V. 1515 , Fr. 416 ; ἡ Θασία ἅ. Cratin. 6 ; ἐν ἅλμῃ ἕψειν [τὸν ἰχθύν] Antiph. 222 , cf. Eub. 44 ; καταπνίγειν Sotad.Com. 1.21 , etc.: prov., πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς 'first catch your hare, then cook it', Phot. s.v. πρίν.
II). saltness, esp. as a bad quality in soil, X. Oec. 20.12 , cf. Thphr. CP 6.10.4 .
2). salt soil, PLond. 2.267.95 , al. (i/ii A. D.).


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sea-water, brine

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἅλμ-η</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">ἅλς</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sea-water, brine,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.53 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 2.80 </a>, etc.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spray that has dried on the skin,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:219" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.219/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 6.219 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">salt incrustation</span> on soil, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:6:10:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:6:10:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 6.10.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> after <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">brine,</span> i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the sea,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arion</span> </span> l.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2658.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2658.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.39 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:397" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:397/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 397 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0376.tlg001:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0376.tlg001:96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Tim.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 96 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">salt-water, brine</span> used for pickling, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.77 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1515" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1515/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 1515 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:416" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:416/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 416 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἡ Θασία ἅ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> 6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν ἅλμῃ ἕψειν [τὸν ἰχθύν]</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:222" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:222/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 222 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 44 </a>; <span class="quote greek">καταπνίγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0505.tlg001:1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0505.tlg001:1.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sotad.Com.</span> 1.21 </a> , etc.: prov., <span class="foreign greek">πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς</span> \'first catch your hare, then cook it\', <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phot.</span> </span> s.v. <span class="ref greek">πρίν.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">saltness,</span> esp. as a bad quality in soil, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:20:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:20.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 20.12 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:6:10:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:6:10:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 6.10.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">salt soil,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PLond.</span> 2.267.95 </span>, al. (i/ii A. D.).</div> </div><br><br>'}