ψῆγμα

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ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge

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Transliteration A: psē̂gma Transliteration B: psēgma Transliteration C: psigma Beta Code: yh=gma

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).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ψῆγμα: (ψήχω) τὸ ἀποκοπὲν ἢ ἐκπεσὸν ἔκ τινος σώματος διὰ τριβῆς ἢ ξέσεως, ἀπόξεσμα, μικρὸν τεμάχιον, μόριον, ῥίνημα, Λατ. ramentum, ψ. χρυσοῦ, κόνις χρυσοῦ, Ἡρόδ. 4. 195· οὕτω καὶ ἄνευ τοῦ χρυσοῦ, ὁ αὐτ. 1. 93., 3. 94 κἑξ.· ψ. χρυσότευκτον Εὔβουλος ἐν «Γλαύκῳ» 2 ψ. πυρωθέν, ἐπὶ κόνεως καὶ τέφρας, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 442· ἐπὶ ξύλου, αἰγείρων ψ. Φιλόστρ. 781· ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐν ἡλίακῇ ἀκτῖνι φαινομένου κονιορτοῦ, Ἀριστ. π. Οὐραν. 4. 6, 1, πρβλ. 3. 5, 7, Πλούτ. 2. 722Α, καὶ ἴδε τίλαι.