ψαφαρός
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English (LSJ)
ά, όν, Ion. ψαφερός, ή, όν, Hp. (v. infr.):—
A friable, powdery, crumbling, σποδός A.Th.323 (lyr.), cf. Euph.50; κόνις AP 7.315 (Zenod. or Rhian.); ψαφαρόν, = ἁπαλόν, perh. of a fine powder, Pl.Com.118: freq. of soil, sandy, λεπτόγεως καὶ ψ. χώρα Thphr. HP8.2.11; opp. ἀγαθή, ib.8.9.1 (Comp.); ἡ ψαφαρή the sandy shore, opp. ἅλς, AP12.145; ἐνὶ ψαφαρῇ Σαλαμῖνι Euph.30. 2 of loose texture, of the glands, the brain, Hp.Gland.1,10, Sor.1.12 (ψαθ- cod.), al. 3 of semi-liquids, thin, watery, διαχώρημα Hp.Coac.596; νάρδος AP6.231 (Phil.); πόλτος ψαφαρώτατος Sor.1.51 (ψαθ- cod.). 4 of wine, rough, dry, joined with ἀλιπής, Gal. ap. Ath.1.26d, cf. ψαθυρός. 5 metaph. of a serpent, χροιὴ ψ. dry, dusty-looking, Nic. Th.262.—Cf. ψαθυρός fin.
