ψαφαρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, Ion. ψαφερός, ή, όν, Hp. (v. infr.):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">friable, powdery, crumbling</b>, σποδός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>323</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Euph.50</span>; κόνις <span class="title">AP</span> 7.315 (Zenod. or Rhian.); <b class="b3">ψαφαρόν</b>, = [[ἁπαλόν]], perh. of a fine powder, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.118</span>: freq. of soil, [[sandy]], λεπτόγεως καὶ ψ. χώρα <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>8.2.11</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἀγαθή</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">8.9.1</span> (Comp.); <b class="b3">ἡ ψαφαρή</b> the <b class="b2">sandy shore</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἅλς</b>, <span class="title">AP</span>12.145; ἐνὶ ψαφαρῇ Σαλαμῖνι <span class="bibl">Euph.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">of loose texture</b>, of the glands, the brain, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Gland.</span>1</span>,<span class="bibl">10</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.12</span> (<b class="b3">ψαθ-</b> cod.), al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of semi-liquids, <b class="b2">thin, watery</b>, διαχώρημα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>596</span>; νάρδος <span class="title">AP</span>6.231 (Phil.); πόλτος ψαφαρώτατος <span class="bibl">Sor.1.51</span> (<b class="b3">ψαθ-</b> cod.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of wine, <b class="b2">rough, dry</b>, joined with <b class="b3">ἀλιπής</b>, Gal. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.1.26d</span>, cf. [[ψαθυρός]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> metaph. of a serpent, χροιὴ ψ. <b class="b2">dry, dusty-looking</b>, <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>262</span>.—Cf. <b class="b3">ψαθυρός</b> fin.</span>