ἁλμυρός

halmyros

salt, briny

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Timaeus 6
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60d6
74c7
82e6
83c6
84a4
85b3
Laws 1
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Book IV 1
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705a3
Phaedrus 1
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243d4
Theaetetus 1
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185b10

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἁλμυρός, ά, όν, (ἅλμη) A. salt, briny, Hom. only in Od., and always in phrase ἁ. ὕδωρ salt sea-water, 4.511, etc.; πόντος Hes. Th. 107, Alc. 26; θάλασσα Sapph. Supp. 25.10; καθʼ ἁ. ἅλα Epich. 53, E. Tr. 76; βένθεα Pi. O. 7.57; ποταμός, of the Hellespont, Hdt. 7.35. 2. in Prose, of taste, salt, γίνεται τὸ στόμα ἁ. Hp.Acut.(Sp.)44; ὄψα ἀ. X. Cyr. 6.2.31, cf. Hp. Vict. 1.56; αἷμα Pl. Ti. 84a s.v.l.; of drinking-water, brackish, Th. 4.26; of soil, Thphr. CP 6.10.1, LXX Je. 17.6; opp. μῶρος (insipid), Com.Adesp. 596. 3. metaph., bitter, distasteful, γειτόνημα Alcm. 116, cf. Pl. Lg. 705a; ἀκοή Phdr. 243d; λόγοι Ath. 3.121e; ἁλμυρὰ κλαίειν weep bitterly, Theoc. 23.34; ἁλμυρὸν καταπτύσαι Cerc. 19.37. b. piquant, ἁ. καὶ δριμύ Plu. 2.685e.

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