ἡθμός, SIG 2 (Sigeum,vi B.C.), Hdn.Gr. 1.543 , in codd. usu. (but perh. wrongly)ἠθμός,ὁ, (ἤθω)
A. strainer, colander,SIGl.c., E. Fr. 374 , IG 22.1416.11 , 4.39.20 , Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.15 ; esp.wine-strainer, Pherecr. 41 ; part of an eel-trap, Arist. HA 534a22 ; of the eyelashes, X. Mem. 1.4.6 ; prov.,τῷ ἠθμῷ ἀντλεῖν, of fruitless toil, Arist. Oec. 1344b25 .
II. ἠ. σχοίνινος,= κημός
111
, Cratin. 132 , cf. AP 9.482.23 ( Agath. ).
III. sluiceorweir(?), IG 11(2).287
A 75 (Delos,iii B.C.).