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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἅλς (háls, “salt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hál.mɛː/ → /ˈal.mi/ → /ˈal.mi/
Noun
ἅλμη • (hálmē) f (genitive ἅλμης); first declension
- seawater, brine
- spray that has dried on the skin
- salt incrustation on soil
- saltwater, brine used for pickling
- saltness, as a bad quality in soil
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Further reading
- “ἅλμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἅλμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἅλμη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἅλμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἅλμη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἅλμη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)