ψαφαρός: Difference between revisions

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