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ψίαθος

ψίαθος, a rush mat

ψίᾰθ-ος [ῐ], ἡ (also ὁ, read by Callistr. in Ar. Ra. 567, cf. Sch. ad loc. (575)), also ψίεθος, Antig. Mir. 97, Ostr.Bodl. iii 228 (i A. D.), etc. (condemned by Phryn. 281):—
  • a rush-mat, used for sleeping on, Hesperia 5.382 (Athens, v. B.C.), Ar. Ra. 567, Lys. 921, Arist. HA 559b3, Thphr. HP 4.8.4, 9.4.4; ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ψ. γεγονώς, prov. of persons in like condition, bedfellow, Com.Adesp. 789 (anap. (?)); Dor. pl. acc. ψιάθως Ar. Ach. 874.
    • II blind, Apollod. Poliorc. 169.6.
    • III perh. sack, χόρτου πλήρης Sor. 1.83; used for carriage of wool or stone, PCair.Zen. 430, 518 (iii B. C.).

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