Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἠθμός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἠθμός

Etym.: h)/qw

Sense

  1. a strainer

Examples

  • αἱ γὰρ ἐμβάσεισ περικεχυμένου πανταχόθεν τοῖσ πόροισ τοῦ ὕδατοσ φράττουσι τὴν τῶν ἱδρώτων ἔκκρισιν καθάπερ ἂν εἴ τισ ἠθμὸσ εἰσ ὕδωρ βληθείσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 44 3:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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