ψαλίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ίδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[a pair of scissors]], among the toilette articles of a lady, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>320.1</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>413</span> ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ψέλια]]), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>331.13</span> (ii A. D.); δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι <span class="title">AP</span>11.368 (Jul.Antecessor). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[razor]], expld. by <b class="b3">μιᾷ μαχαίρᾳ</b> (v. [[μάχαιρα]]), <span class="bibl">Poll.2.32</span>, <span class="bibl">10.140</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[sewer]], [[drain]], στενὴν δ' ἔδυμεν ψαλίδα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>367</span>; [[vault]], [[crypt]], ψαλίδαπρομήκη λίθων ποτίμων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>947d</span>; [[barrel-vault]], Supp.Epigr.2.582 (Ionia, iii/ii B. C.), <b class="b2">Explor.Arch. de Délos</b> 11.262, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>80.46</span> (pl.), Hero ''*Stereom''.2.28; ἀνήγειρεν τὴνψ. ταύτην <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>2.755 (Syria, ii A. D.); Gal. compares the [[fornix]] (ψαλιδοειδές) of the brain to a <b class="b3">ψ. οἰκοδομήματος σφαιροειδοῦς</b>, 2.725; similarly the [[arch]] of the foot, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UP</span> 3.8</span>; having keystones (ὀμφαλοί), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>399b30</span>; and being curved (καμφθεῖσα), <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.42</span> (dub.), <span class="bibl">D.S.2.9</span>; expld. by [[καμάρα]] and [[ἁψίς]], Sch.Pl. l. c., Suid.; as entrance and exit of a theatre, <span class="title">LW</span>1586 (Aphrodisias, written ψελίς). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">αἱ ψ. τῶν στύλων</b> prob. the [[rounded mouldings]] between the capital and the column, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>27.10</span>, ''ΙΙ''; so perhaps ψαλλίδες in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1028.9</span> (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[rings]] for the staves of the altar of incense, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>30.4</span>; [[iron bands]] for strengthening an engine, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>57.33</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> = [[ταχεῖα κίνησις]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>947d</span>.</span>