ψῆγμα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό, (ψήχω)

   A that which is rubbed or scraped off, shavings, scrapings, chips, ψ. χρυσοῦ gold-dust, Hdt.4.195; so without χρυσοῦ, Id.1.93, 3.94 sq.; ψ. χρυσότευκτον Eub.20; ψ. ἀργυρᾶ Inscr.Délos 442B89 (ii B.C.); πυρωθὲν ψ., of dust and ashes, A.Ag.442 (lyr.); of wood, τὰ τῶν αἰγείρων ψ. Philostr.Im.1.11; ἥλων ψ., = χαλκοῦ ἄνθος, Dsc.5.77; μὴ διαλύεσθαι μέχρι ἐλαχίστου ψήγματος (of gum) Id.3.22; of motes in a sunbeam, Arist.Cael.313a20, cf. 304a21, Plu.2.722a, and v. τίλα 11.