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|Definition=Ion. [[ψώρη]], ἡ, ([[ψάω]], [[ψώω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[itch]], [[mange]], [[scurvy]], of men and beasts, Hdt.4.90, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 46a, Hermipp.63.7 (hex.), Phryn.Com.26 (dub.); ἵππων Plb.3.88.1; βοσκημάτων [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 9.9.4; τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐν ψώρᾳ συνεχομένους Phld.''Rh.''2.143 S.; called by Suid. [[κνησμονή]] (fr. [[κνάω]] to [[scratch]]): pl., Pap. in ''Stud.Ital.''12(1935).94 (iii A. D.); <b class="b3">ψώρα ἀγρία</b>, of a [[malignant]] kind, [[LXX]] ''Le.''21.20.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ψ. περὶ τὰς αἱρέσεις Gal.8.148.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a [[disease of trees]], [[scab]], [[Cladosporium herbarum]], especially of [[fig tree]]s, when they are overgrown with moss, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.14.3, etc.; also of the [[olive]], Hp.''Nat.Mul.''79, ''Mul.''2.117; cf. [[λειχήν]].<br><span class="bld">III</span> a [[moth]], = [[φάλαινα]], Sch.Nic.''Th.''760.