Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἅλμη (halmē) brine ^G:N-F

ἅλμη-η, ἡ,

(ἅλς) sea-water, brine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; spray that has dried on the skin, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; salt incrustation on soil, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+], brine, i.e. the sea, [Refs 6th c.BC+]
__3 salt-water, brine used for pickling, [ἅλμηῃ ἕψειν [τὸν ἰχθύν] 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 222, compare 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 44; καταπνίγειν 4th c.BC: Sotades Comicus 1.21, etc.: proverbial, πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμηην κυκᾷς">Refs 5th c.BC+] 'first catch your hare, then cook it', [Refs 9th c.AD+]
__II saltness, especially as a bad quality in soil, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 salt soil, [Refs 1st c.AD+]