ἰκμ-άς, άδος, ἡ,
moisture, e.g. of oily leather, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.392; ἰκμάδος ἐστὶ ἐν αὐτῇ [τῇ Λιβύῃ] οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.185 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνιεὶς ἐκ τοῦ σώματος ἰκμάδα, of a corpse exposed to the sun, [[ [prev. author] 3.125, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 8;] Refs 5th c.BC+] of moisture in the soil, [[ NT.Luke.8.6 ] NT]; also θανόντων ἰσὶν οὐκ ἔνεστ᾽ ἰκμάς no blood, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 229 (probably)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the bodily humours, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of all kinds of animal juices or moist secretions, τὸ περίττωμα τῆς ὑγρᾶς ἰ. ὃν καλοῦμεν ἱδρῶτα [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 668b4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν καταμηνίων ἰ. [[ [prev. author] “GA” 727b11, compare “HA” 556b27, +others: com. _metaphorically_, τὴν ἰ. τῆς φροντίδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 233 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰ. Βάκχου, i.e. wine, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 5.133 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus); ἰ. δρυός, i.e. gum, [prev. work] 6.109 (Antip.). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]