ἄχυρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰ], τό,</b> mostly in pl. <b class="b3">ἄχυρα</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">chaff, bran, husks</b> left after threshing or grinding, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.72</span>, <span class="bibl">Pherecr.161</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.226.2</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Oec.</span>18.1</span>; ἐν τοῖς ἀ. κυλινδομένην <span class="bibl">Hermipp.47</span>: sg., <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.4.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>3.12</span>, etc.: prov., <b class="b3">ὄνος εἰς ἄχυρα</b> 'pig in clover', of unexpected good fortune, <span class="bibl">Philem.188</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>76</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἄχυρα τῶν ἀστῶν</b>, of <b class="b3">μέτοικοι</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>508</span>; <b class="b3">ἄχυρα ἀπὸ τοῦ τοίχου ἀποσπᾶν</b>, of dying persons, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prog.</span>4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in pl., <b class="b3">ἄ. χρυσοχοϊκά</b> <b class="b2">slag</b> from gold-smelting, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHolm.</span>5.7</span>.</span>