ης (ἡ) :
   I toute substance salée, particul. :
      1 eau de mer, OD. 5, 53, 322 ; PD. P. 4, 69 ; N. 4, 59, etc. ; PLAT. Phæd. 110 a, etc. ; d’où morsure de la peau par l’eau de mer séchée, OD. 6, 219 ; p. ext. la mer, PD. N. 6, 109 ; ESCHL. Pers. 397 ; EUR. I.T. 1391, etc. ;
      2 saumure, HDT. 2, 77 ; AR. Vesp. 1515 ; PHILÉM. (ATH. 133 b), etc. ;
      3 efflorescence saline, salpêtre, HDT. 2, 12 ;
   II goût salé, saveur âcre, particul. en parl. d’un mauvais sol, de plantes malades, XÉN. Œc. 20, 12 ; TH. H.P. 8, 10, 1.

➳ Dor. ἅλμα, PD. ll. cc.

Étym. ἅλς.

ἡ, (< ἅλς) sea-water, brine, Od. 5.53, Pi. P. 2.80, etc. ; spray that has dried on the skin, Od. 6.219; salt incrustation on soil, Hdt. 2.12, Thphr. CP 6.10.4. after Hom., brine, i.e.
the sea, Arion l. 3, Pi. P. 4.39, A. Pers. 397, Tim. Pers. 96, etc.
salt-water, brine used for pickling, Hdt. 2.77, Ar. V. 1515, Fr. 416; ἡ Θασία ἅ. Cratin. 6; ἐν ἅλμῃ ἕψειν [τὸν ἰχθύν] Antiph. 222, cf. Eub. 44; καταπνίγειν Sotad.Com. 1.21, etc. ; prov., πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς ΄first catch your hare, then cook it΄, Phot. s.v. πρίν.
saltness, esp. as a bad quality in soil, X. Oec. 20.12, cf. Thphr. CP 6.10.4.
salt soil, PLond. 2.267.95, al. (i/ii AD).

ἡ (ἅλς¹), das Meerwasser, Hom. sechsmal, Od. 5.53, 322 (πικρήν); der Schmutz, welchen das getrocknete Meerwasser auf der Haut zurückläßt Od. 6.137, 219, 225, 23.237 ; – Pind. P. 4.39 ; selten in Prosa, ἰχθῦς ἐξ ἅλμης τεταριχευμένους Her. 2.77 ; Plat. Phaed. 110a ; eine Brühe Ar. Vesp. 1515 ; salziger Geschmack Her. 2.12 ; alles, was salzig ist, vgl. Plat. Tim. 84b ; Xen. Oec. 20.12 ; – das Meer selbst Pind. N. 6.67 ; Aesch. Pers. 397 ; Eur. Med. 1276, I.T. 1366 u. sp.D.

1. sea-water, brine , (Odyssey by Homer), etc.: spray that has dried on the skin , (Odyssey by Homer): a salt incrustation on soil, (Herdotus Historicus)
2. the brine, i. e. the sea , (Pindar) (ML)