ὠμή·λυσις, εως (ἡ) [ῠ] farine d’orge non grillée, p. ext. farine, HPC. 471, 19 ; 570, 4, etc. ; GAL. Lex. Hipp. 19, 156 v° ὠμήλυσις : κατὰ τόπ. 6, 3 ; DIOSC. 2 (cf. ὠμὴ λύσις, DIOSC. 3, 29, m. sign. v. ὠμός).

εως, ἡ, bruised meal of raw corn, esp. barley or wheat (hence with κριθίνη or πυρίνη added), used for poultices, Hp. Morb. 2.31, Nat. Mul. 27, Gal. 10.282, 19.156; applied without water, Id. 12.863; written divisim, μετὰ ὠμῆς λύσεως Dsc. 3.24, Arching. ap. Gal. 12.675, Gp. 14.7.7. (Compd. of ὠμός and ἄλυσις ΄grinding΄, cf. ἄλεσις, ἀλέω, ἄλευρον, and ὠμήλυσις ; also perh. OE. ealu ΄ale΄; — the form ὠμῆς λύσεως by popular etymology; εἰρῆσθαι δὲ ὅτι οὐ φρυγόμενον ἀλήθεται AB 318.)

ἡ, eigtl. ὠμὴ λύσις, geschrotenes Mehl von ungeröstetem Getreide, gew. Gerste, Weizen, κριθίνη oder πυρίνη, es wurde bes. als Arzneimittel zu Umschlägen gebraucht, Medic., Hesych.