ἅλμ-η, ἡ,
(ἅλς) sea-water, brine, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.53, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.80, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; spray that has dried on the skin, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.219] Refs 8th c.BC+]; salt incrustation on soil, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.12, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.10.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], brine, i.e. the sea, [[ 6th c.BC: Arion Lyricus l. 3, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.39, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 397, 5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 96, etc. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__3 salt-water, brine used for pickling, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.77, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1515, “fragment” 416; ἡ Θασία ἅ. 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 6; ἐν ἅλμῃ ἕψειν [τὸν ἰχθύν] 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 222, compare 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 44; καταπνίγειν 4th c.BC: Sotades Comicus 1.21, etc.: proverbial, πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς] Refs 5th c.BC+] 'first catch your hare, then cook it', [[ 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. see at {πρίν}. ] Refs 9th c.AD+]
__II saltness, especially as a bad quality in soil, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.12, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.10.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 salt soil, [[ PLond. 2.267.95, +others (1st-2nd c.AD).] Refs 1st c.AD+]