τέλμα,ατος,τό,
A. standing water, pond, marsh, swamp, Ar. Av. 1593 , Pl. Phd. 109b , X. Oec. 20.11 , Men. Epit. 532 , Thphr. HP 1.4.2 : pl.,low lands subject to inundation, water-meads, Hdt. 2.93 , Thphr. Fr. 174.1 , Gal. 6.709 , 15.121 , Jul. Mis. 358a ;mud at the edge of a riverbank, Ael. VH 12.46 .
II. mud used as mortar, τέλματι χρεώμενοι ἀσφάλτῳ
Hdt. 1.179
; cf.τελμίς.
2. space pointed with mortar, between the courses of masonry, Procop. Aed. 2.1 .