κεγχρίας
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ,
A like grains of millet. κ. ἕρπης an eruption on the skin, Gal.7.722, 10.1009. II serpent with millet-like protuberances on the skin, Philum.Ven.22.1:—alsoκεγχρ-ιδίας, Dsc.Ther.32; cf. κέγχρος 111:
German (Pape)
[Seite 1410] ὁ, wie ein Hirsekorn; – a) ἕρπης, ein Hautausschlag, der wie Hirsekörner aussieht, Galen. – b) eine Schlangenart, vgl. κεγχρίς, κεγχριδίας, κεγχράνης.
