ἰκμάς
ikmas
moisture
Appears 18 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἰκμάς, άδος, ἡ, A. moisture, e.g. of oily leather, Il. 17.392; ἰκμάδος ἐστὶ ἐν αὐτῇ [τῇ Λιβύῃ] οὐδέν 4.185; ἀνιεὶς ἐκ τοῦ σώματος ἰκμάδα, of a corpse exposed to the sun, 3.125, cf. Aër. 8; of moisture in the soil, Ev.Luc. 8.6; also θανόντων ἰσὶν οὐκ ἔνεστʼ ἰκμάς no blood, Fr. 229 (prob.); of the bodily humours, Morb. 4.40; of all kinds of animal juices or moist secretions, τὸ περίττωμα τῆς ὑγρᾶς ἰ. ὃν καλοῦμεν ἱδρῶτα PA 668b4; ἡ τῶν καταμηνίων ἰ. GA 727b11, cf. HA 556b27, al.: com. metaph., τὴν ἰ. τῆς φροντίδος Nu. 233; ἰ. Βάκχου, i.e. wine, AP 5.133 (); ἰ. δρυός, i.e. gum, ib.6.109 (Antip.).
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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