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|Definition=-ατος, τό, ([[ψήχω]]) [[that which is rubbed]] or [[that which is scraped off]], [[shavings]], [[scrapings]], [[chips]], <b class="b3">ψῆγμα χρυσοῦ</b> [[gold]]-[[dust]], Hdt.4.195; so without [[χρυσοῦ]], Id.1.93, 3.94 sq.; ψῆγμα [[χρυσότευκτος|χρυσότευκτον]] Eub.20; ψήγματα ἀργυρᾶ ''Inscr.Délos'' 442''B''89 (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">πυρωθὲν ψῆγμα</b>, of [[dust]] and [[ash]]es, A.''Ag.''442 (lyr.); of [[wood]], τὰ τῶν αἰγείρων ψήγματα Philostr.''Im.''1.11; <b class="b3">ἥλων ψῆγμα</b> = [[χαλκοῦ ἄνθος]], Dsc.5.77; <b class="b3">μὴ διαλύεσθαι μέχρι ἐλαχίστου ψήγματος</b> (of [[gum]]) Id.3.22; of [[mote]]s in a [[sunbeam]], Arist.''Cael.''313a20, cf. 304a21, Plu.2.722a, and v. [[τίλα]] II.