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ἅλμη

halme

sea-water, brine

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἅλμη, 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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