ἄχνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ἄχνα, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">anything that comes off the surface</b>: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of liquids, <b class="b2">foam, froth</b>, in Hom. of the sea, <span class="bibl">Od.12.238</span>, al.; ἁλὸς ἄ. <span class="bibl">5.403</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Tim.<span class="title">Pers.</span>95</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.570</span>; <b class="b3">θοὴν ἀπερεύγεται ἄχνην</b>, of a river, <span class="bibl">D.P.693</span>: Medic., <b class="b2">exudation</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">οἰνωπὸς ἄ</b>. <b class="b2">froth</b> of wine, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Or.</span>115</span>; <b class="b3">ἄχνα οὐρανία</b> <b class="b2">dew</b> of heaven, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>681</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">δακρύων ἄχνα</b> <b class="b2">dewy</b> tears, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>848</span> (lyr.); also <b class="b3">ἄχνη πυρός</b>, i.e. smoke, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 336</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of solids, <b class="b2">chaff</b>, in pl., ὡς δ' ἄνεμος ἄχνας φορέελ <span class="bibl">Il.5.499</span>; <b class="b3">καρπόν τε καὶ ἄχνας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">501</span>; <b class="b2">down</b> on the quince, μῆλον λεπτῇ πεποκωμένον ἄ. <span class="title">AP</span>6.102 (Phil.); <b class="b3">ἄχνη ἡ ἀφ' ἡμιτυβίου</b> <b class="b2">fluff, shreds</b>, used for <b class="b2">lint</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>37</span>; ὀθονίου Id.<span class="title">Mochl.</span>2; <b class="b3">ἄ. Λυδῆς κερκίδος</b>, of <b class="b2">finespun</b> fabrics, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>45</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. χαλκίτιδος</b> metallic <b class="b2">dust</b>, Plu.2.659c, cf. <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">L.</span>455</span>; <b class="b3">ἄχναι</b> <b class="b2">wall-decorations</b>, dub. in <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>1.1</span> (<b class="b2">stramina</b> Cael. Aur.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἄχνην</b> in acc., as Adv., <b class="b2">morsel, the least bit</b>, ἢν δ' οὖν καταμύσῃ κἂν ἄχνην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>92</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">πυρὸς ἄ</b>., = [[χαμελαία]], Dsc.4.171; = [[θυμελαία]], ib.172. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">ἄχναν· τὴν οἴκησιν</b>, Hsch.</span>