A.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.CP6.10.4.
3. 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.
II. saltness, esp. as a bad quality in soil, X.Oec.20.12, cf. Thphr.CP6.10.4.
2. salt soil, PLond.2.267.95, al. (i/ii A. D.).