ψαλίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ψαλίδος, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> a [[pair of scissors]], among the toilette articles of a lady, Ar.''Fr.''320.1, S.''Fr.''413 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ψέλια]]), ''PTeb.''331.13 (ii A. D.); δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι ''AP''11.368 (Jul.Antecessor).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[razor]], expld. by <b class="b3">μιᾷ μαχαίρᾳ</b> (v. [[μάχαιρα]]), Poll.2.32, 10.140.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[sewer]], [[drain]], στενὴν δ' ἔδυμεν ψαλίδα S.''Fr.''367; [[vault]], [[crypt]], ψαλίδα προμήκη λίθων ποτίμων Pl.''Lg.''947d; [[barrel-vault]], Supp.Epigr.2.582 (Ionia, iii/ii B. C.), Explor.Arch. de Délos 11.262, Ph.''Bel.''80.46 (pl.), Hero ''*Stereom''.2.28; ἀνήγειρεν τὴν ψαλίδαν ταύτην ''Supp.Epigr.''2.755 (Syria, ii A. D.); Gal. compares the [[fornix]] ([[ψαλιδοειδές]]) of the brain to a <b class="b3">ψαλὶς οἰκοδομήματος σφαιροειδοῦς</b>, 2.725; similarly the [[arch]] of the [[foot]], ''UP'' 3.8; having keystones ([[ὀμφαλοί]]), Arist.''Mu.''399b30; and being curved ([[καμφθεῖσα]]), Str.17.1.42 (dub.), D.S.2.9; expld. by [[καμάρα]] and [[ἁψίς]], Sch.Pl. l. c., Suid.; as entrance and exit of a theatre, ''LW''1586 (Aphrodisias, written [[ψελίς]]).<br><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">αἱ ψαλίδες τῶν στύλων</b> prob. the [[rounded]] [[moulding]]s between the [[capital]] and the [[column]], [[LXX]] ''Ex.''27.10, ''ΙΙ''; so perhaps ψαλλίδες in ''BGU''1028.9 (ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[ring]]s for the [[stave]]s of the [[altar]] of [[incense]], [[LXX]] ''Ex.''30.4; [[iron bands]] for strengthening an [[engine]], Ph.''Bel.''57.33.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> = [[ταχεῖα]] [[κίνησις]], Sch.Pl.''Lg.''947d.