ψῆγμα
νύμφην τ' ἄνυμφον παρθένον τ' ἀπάρθενον → wife unwed and virgin that is no virgin | bride that is no bride, virgin that is virgin no more | virgin wife and widowed maid | unwed bride and ravished virgin
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1396] τό, das Abgeriebene, Abgeschabte, das Schabsel; – übh. was klein gerieben ist, kleines Theilchen, σποδοῦ, Stäubchen, Asche, Aesch. Ag. 430; Körnchen, χρυσοῦ, Goldstaub, Goldsand, Her. 4, 195; Plut. Demetr. 4 u. A.; auch ohne den Zusatz, Her. 1, 93. 3, 94. 95. 98 u. sonst; ψῆγμα ἄπυρον χρυσοῖο Antiphil. 21 (IX, 310).
