ἅλμ-η · halm-ē — LSJ
sea-water, brine, spray that has dried on the skin, salt incrustation
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.
2 brine, the sea
after Hom., brine, i.e. the sea, Arion l. 3, Pi. P. 4.39, A. Pers. 397, Tim. Pers. 96, etc.
3 salt-water, brine
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
saltness, esp. as a bad quality in soil, X. Oec. 20.12, cf. Thphr. CP 6.10.4.
2 salt soil
salt soil, PLond. 2.267.95, al. (i/ii A. D.).