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|Full diacritics=ψώρα
|Medium diacritics=ψώρα
|Low diacritics=ψώρα
|Capitals=ΨΩΡΑ
|Transliteration A=psṓra
|Transliteration B=psōra
|Transliteration C=psora
|Beta Code=yw/ra
|Definition=Ion. ψώρη, ἡ, (ψάω, ψώω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">itch, mange, scurvy</b>, of men and beasts, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.90</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>46a</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermipp.63.7</span> (hex.), <span class="bibl">Phryn.Com.26</span> (dub.); ἵππων <span class="bibl">Plb.3.88.1</span>; βοσκημάτων <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.9.4</span>; τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐν ψώρᾳ συνεχομένους Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.143 S.; called by Suid. <b class="b3">κνησμονή</b> (fr. <b class="b3">κνάω</b> to scratch): pl., Pap. in <span class="title">Stud.Ital.</span>12(1935).94 (iii A. D.); <b class="b3">ψώρα ἀγρία</b>, of a malignant kind, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Le.</span>21.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ψ. περὶ τὰς αἱρέσεις Gal.8.148. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">a disease of trees, scab, Cladosporium herbarum</b>, esp. of fig-trees, when they are overgrown with moss, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.14.3</span>, etc.; also of the olive, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>79</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mul.</span>2.117</span>; cf. <b class="b3">λειχήν</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">a moth</b>, = [[φάλαινα]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>760</span>.</span>
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