ἅλμη
halme
sea-water, brine
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἅλμη, ἡ, (ἅλς)
‹ All lexicon entries sea-water, brine, Od. 5.53, P. 2.80, etc.; spray that has dried on the skin, Od. 6.219; salt incrustation on soil, 2.12, CP 6.10.4.
2. after , brine, i.e. the sea, l. 3, P. 4.39, Pers. 397, Pers. 96, etc.
3. salt-water, brine used for pickling, 2.77, V. 1515, Fr. 416; ἡ Θασία ἅ. 6; ἐν ἅλμῃ ἕψειν [τὸν ἰχθύν] 222, cf. 44; καταπνίγειν 1.21, etc.: prov., πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς ‘first catch your hare, then cook it’, s.v. πρίν.
II. saltness, esp. as a bad quality in soil, Oec. 20.12, cf. CP 6.10.4.
2. salt soil, PLond. 2.267.95, al. (i/ii A. D.).