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|Full diacritics=ψᾰλίς
|Medium diacritics=ψαλίς
|Low diacritics=ψαλίς
|Capitals=ΨΑΛΙΣ
|Transliteration A=psalís
|Transliteration B=psalis
|Transliteration C=psalis
|Beta Code=yali/s
|Definition=ίδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">a pair of scissors</b>, among the toilette articles of a lady, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>320.1</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>413</span> (nisi leg. <b class="b3">ψέλια</b>), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>331.13</span> (ii A. D.); δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι <span class="title">AP</span>11.368 (Jul.Antecessor). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">razor</b>, expld. by <b class="b3">μιᾷ μαχαίρᾳ</b> (v. <b class="b3">μάχαιρα</b>), <span class="bibl">Poll.2.32</span>, <span class="bibl">10.140</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">sewer, drain</b>, στενὴν δ' ἔδυμεν ψαλίδα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>367</span>; <b class="b2">vault, crypt</b>, ψαλίδαπρομήκη λίθων ποτίμων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>947d</span>; <b class="b2">barrel-vault</b>, Supp.Epigr.2.582 (Ionia, iii/ii B. C.), <b class="b2">Explor.Arch. de Délos</b> 11.262, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>80.46</span> (pl.), Hero <b class="b2">*Stereom</b>.2.28; ἀνήγειρεν τὴνψ. ταύτην <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>2.755 (Syria, ii A. D.); Gal. compares the <b class="b2">fornix</b> (ψαλιδοειδές) of the brain to a <b class="b3">ψ. οἰκοδομήματος σφαιροειδοῦς</b>, 2.725; similarly the <b class="b2">arch</b> of the foot, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UP</span> 3.8</span>; having keystones (ὀμφαλοί), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>399b30</span>; and being curved (καμφθεῖσα), <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.42</span> (dub.), <span class="bibl">D.S.2.9</span>; expld. by <b class="b3">καμάρα</b> and <b class="b3">ἁψίς</b>, Sch.Pl. l. c., Suid.; as entrance and exit of a theatre, <span class="title">LW</span>1586 (Aphrodisias, written ψελίς). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">αἱ ψ. τῶν στύλων</b> prob. the <b class="b2">rounded mouldings</b> between the capital and the column, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>27.10</span>, <span class="bibl">11</span>; so perh. ψαλλίδες in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1028.9</span> (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> pl., <b class="b2">rings</b> for the staves of the altar of incense, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>30.4</span>; <b class="b2">iron bands</b> for strengthening an engine, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>57.33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> = [[ταχεῖα κίνησις]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>947d</span>.</span>
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