σταλαγμός

A. dropping, dripping, from the mouth of horses and hunted animals, A. Th. 61, Eu. 247, cf.783 (lyr.); φόνου E. Hec. 241 (pl.); αἵματος Id. Ion 351,1003 (pl.); of a profuse sweat, Hp. Aph. 7.85, cf. Gal. 19.140; ὁ ς. κατατρίβει τοὺς λίθους Arist. Ph. 253b15; κίονες πεπήγασιν ἀπό τινων ς., of stalactites, Id. Mir. 834b32; also σμύρνης S. Fr. 370 (pl.): metaph., ς. εἰρήνης the least drop of . . , Ar. Ach. 1033; τύχης ς. Diog.Sinop. 2; contemptuously of a little man, Anaxandr. 34.3. (σταλαγμούς is unmetrical in Arat. 966: σταλαημούς cj. Koechly, cf. σταλεηδόνες.)