ψέλιον
τὸ ἀγαθὸν αἱρετόν· τὸ δ' αἱρετὸν ἀρεστόν· τὸ δ' ἀρεστὸν ἐπαινετόν· τὸ δ' ἐπαινετὸν καλόν → what is good is chosen, what is chosen is approved, what is approved is admired, what is admired is beautiful
English (LSJ)
later sts. ψέλλιον (v. l. in X.Cyr.1.3.2, never in Hdt.), POsl.46.8 (iii A. D.), Supp.Epigr.7.428 (Dura, iii A. D.), in Inscrr. ψίλιον, ψίλλιον (qq. v.), τό:—
A armlet or anklet, ψέλιον περὶ ἑκατέρῃ τῶν κνημέων Hdt.4.168; mostly in pl. ψέλια, a favourite ornament of the Persians, Id.3.20, 22, 9.80, X.An.1.2.27, Cyr.1.3.2; worn by women in Egypt, BGU1101.8 (i B. C.), POxy.259.11 (i A. D.), etc., and in Greece, Plu.2.142c. 2 an iron implement, perh. agricultural, PCair.Zen.782 (a).42 (iii B. C.); ψελίου καὶ δρεπάνου PPetr.2p.113 (iii B. C.). II οἱ Δωριεῖς ψέλλιον καλοῦσι τὸ ἄκρον· ὅθεν καὶ ἡμεῖς τὴν ἐπ' ἄκρων χειλέων λεγομένην προσῳδίαν ψιλὴν ἐκαλέσαμεν, ὥς φησι Τρύφων Ammon.Diff.p.143V. (ψέλιον is distd. from ψάλιον by Ammon.Diff.p.142 V., Ptol.Asc.p.396H., but is the later form of ψάλιον acc. to Moer.p.420P., Sch.E.Ph.792 (ἔστι δὲ ψέλιον ὁ κρίκος τοῦ χαλινοῦ, ἢ ἁπλῶς ὁ κρίκος) and this may be the meaning in PCair.Zen. l. c.)
