Λήμη
blear, rheum, sleep-crust
Translated by Nick Nicholas2 Apr 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a white liquid gathering in eyes and causing short-sightedness.1
From the [verb]leu/w ["I see"] and the [negative] mh/ ["not"].2
Aristophanes [writes]: "but o, opinions dating from Kronos truly are blearing your minds", namely ancient foolishness is confusing your minds; a saying about the dim-sighted. And sleep-crust is a congealed tear, which damages the eyes by resting on them. So [the passage] means having blinded minds, just as those who have the bleariness of people suffering from eye disease are prevented from seeing things.3
Also [sc. attested is the verb]lhmw= ["I am dim-sighted"]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "they being bleary in the eyes".4
From the [verb]
Aristophanes [writes]: "but o, opinions dating from Kronos truly are blearing your minds", namely ancient foolishness is confusing your minds; a saying about the dim-sighted. And sleep-crust is a congealed tear, which damages the eyes by resting on them. So [the passage] means having blinded minds, just as those who have the bleariness of people suffering from eye disease are prevented from seeing things.3
Also [sc. attested is the verb]