A.a humour that gathers in the corner of the eye, rheum, Hp. VM19, Prog.2: in pl., sore eyes, Ar.Lys.301 (v. Sch.): metaph., ἡ τοῦ Πειραιέως λ. the eye-sore of Piraeus, of Aegina, Pericles ap.Arist. Rh.1411a15, Plu.Per.8; Κρονικαὶ λῆμαι old prejudices that dim the mind's eye, Ar.Pl.581; “ὄψεως λ. ἡ δεισιδαιμονία” Plu.2.1101c. (Cf. λάμας.)
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