ὀμίχλ-η
(ὁμ- [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 117.33 ] Refs] and see below; a form ὄμιχλ-λα is condemned by [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus “Philet.” p.445 P.)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], ἡ, mist, fog (not so thick as νέφος or νεφέλη, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 346b33, compare “Mu.” 394a19), 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”; εὖτ᾽ ὄρεος κορυφῇσι Νότος κατέχευεν ὀμίχλην 3.10 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so Thetis rises from the sea, ἠΰτ᾽ ὀμίχλη [[ 1.359; ὁ. καὶ δρόσος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 330; κονίης ὀμίχλην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.336; ὀμίχλη ἐγένετο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.7, etc.: _metaphorically_, ὄσσοις ὁμίχλα προσῇξε πλήρης δακρύων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 145 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 cloud-like darkness, gloom, κατὰ νυκτὸς ὀ. [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 5.228 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus), compare 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 521, etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 the steam of cookery, [[ 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.64 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]. (Cf. Lithuanian miglà 'mist.)