ἄχνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[ἄχνα]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[anything that comes off the surface]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> of liquids, [[foam]], [[froth]], in Hom. of the sea, Od.12.238, al.; ἁλὸς ἄ. 5.403, cf. Tim.''Pers.''95, A.R.2.570; <b class="b3">θοὴν ἀπερεύγεται ἄχνην</b>, of a river, D.P.693: Medic., [[exudation]], Hp.''Int.''1; <b class="b3">οἰνωπὸς ἄ.</b> [[froth]] of wine, E. ''Or.''115; <b class="b3">ἄχνα οὐρανία</b> [[dew]] of heaven, S.''OC''681 (lyr.); <b class="b3">δακρύων ἄχνα</b> [[dewy]] tears, Id.''Tr.''848 (lyr.); also <b class="b3">ἄχνη πυρός</b>, i.e. smoke, A.''Fr.'' 336.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of solids, [[chaff]], in plural, ὡς δ' ἄνεμος ἄχνας φορέελ Il.5.499; <b class="b3">καρπόν τε καὶ ἄχνας</b> ib.501; [[down]] on the quince, μῆλον λεπτῇ πεποκωμένον ἄ. ''AP''6.102 (Phil.); <b class="b3">ἄχνη ἡ ἀφ' ἡμιτυβίου</b> [[fluff]], [[shreds]], used for [[lint]], Hp.''Art.''37; ὀθονίου Id.''Mochl.''2; <b class="b3">ἄ. Λυδῆς κερκίδος</b>, of [[finespun]] fabrics, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''45; <b class="b3">ἄ. χαλκίτιδος</b> metallic [[dust]], Plu.2.659c, cf. Orph.''L.''455; [[ἄχναι]] [[wall-decorations]], dub. in Aret.''CA''1.1 ([[stramina]] Cael. Aur.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[ἄχνην]] in acc., as adverb, [[morsel]], [[the least bit]], ἢν δ' οὖν καταμύσῃ κἂν ἄχνην Ar.''V.''92.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">πυρὸς ἄ.</b>, = [[χαμελαία]], Dsc.4.171; = [[θυμελαία]], ib.172.<br><span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">ἄχναν· τὴν οἴκησιν</b>, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]