1. ὑμήν · hymēn
thin skin, membrane, caul, the pericardium, the peritoneum, sinew, the membrana nictitans, the wing
thin skin, membrane, caul, of those which enclose the brain and heart, Arist. HA 494b29, 519b4, al.; the foetus, ib. 586a20, Sor. 1.57, Porph. Gaur. 10.3; the bowels, Arist. PA 673b4; the eye, Sor. 1.103, Gal. UP 10.7, 9; ὑ. περικάρδιος the pericardium, ὑ. περιτόναιος the peritoneum, Poll. 2.217, 224; ὑ. ὑγρός the large dorsal sinew of cartilaginous fish, Ael. NA 14.26; the membrana nictitans of birds, Arist. PA 657a30; the wing of insects, ib. 682b18.
2 capsule, seed-vessel
capsule or seed-vessel of plants, Thphr. HP 1.11.2, Gp. 5.2.11; ὁ ἔξωθεν ὑ., opp. ἡ ἔνδοθεν σάρξ, of a date, Sor. 2.13.
3 thin plate of metal
thin plate of metal, Ph. 1.503, Ath. 6.230d.
4 parchment
parchment, Aristeas 176, J. AJ 12.2.11 (pl.).
5
in Eub. 67.5 Pors. restored ὕφεσιν for ὑμέσιν. [ῠ A.R. 4.1648.]