ψώρα

English (LSJ)

Ion. ψώρη, ἡ, (ψάω, ψώω)

   A itch, mange, scurvy, of men and beasts, Hdt.4.90, Pl.Phlb.46a, Hermipp.63.7 (hex.), Phryn.Com.26 (dub.); ἵππων Plb.3.88.1; βοσκημάτων Thphr.HP9.9.4; τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐν ψώρᾳ συνεχομένους Phld.Rh.2.143 S.; called by Suid. κνησμονή (fr. κνάω to scratch): pl., Pap. in Stud.Ital.12(1935).94 (iii A. D.); ψώρα ἀγρία, of a malignant kind, LXXLe.21.20.    2 metaph., ψ. περὶ τὰς αἱρέσεις Gal.8.148.    II a disease of trees, scab, Cladosporium herbarum, esp. of fig-trees, when they are overgrown with moss, Thphr.HP4.14.3, etc.; also of the olive, Hp.Nat.Mul.79, Mul.2.117; cf. λειχήν.    III a moth, = φάλαινα, Sch.Nic.Th.760.