ψαφαρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, Ion. ψαφερός, ή, όν, Hp. (v. infr.):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[friable]], [[powdery]], [[crumbling]], σποδός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>323</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Euph.50</span>; κόνις <span class="title">AP</span> 7.315 (Zenod. or Rhian.); [[ψαφαρόν]], = [[ἁπαλόν]], perh. of a fine powder, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.118</span>: freq. of soil, [[sandy]], λεπτόγεως καὶ ψ. χώρα <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>8.2.11</span>; opp. [[ἀγαθή]], ib.<span class="bibl">8.9.1</span> (Comp.); <b class="b3">ἡ ψαφαρή</b> the [[sandy shore]], opp. [[ἅλς]], <span class="title">AP</span>12.145; ἐνὶ ψαφαρῇ Σαλαμῖνι <span class="bibl">Euph.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[of loose texture]], of the glands, the brain, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Gland.</span>1</span>,<span class="bibl">10</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.12</span> (<b class="b3">ψαθ-</b> cod.), al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of semi-liquids, [[thin]], [[watery]], διαχώρημα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>596</span>; νάρδος <span class="title">AP</span>6.231 (Phil.); πόλτος ψαφαρώτατος <span class="bibl">Sor.1.51</span> (<b class="b3">ψαθ-</b> cod.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of wine, [[rough]], [[dry]], joined with [[ἀλιπής]], Gal. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.1.26d</span>, cf. [[ψαθυρός]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> metaph. of a serpent, χροιὴ ψ. [[dry]], [[dusty-looking]], <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>262</span>.—Cf. [[ψαθυρός]] fin.</span>