ἅλμ-η,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 incrustationon 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, brineused 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 .