ψῆγμα

ψῆγ-μα, ατος, τό, (ψήχω)

• that which is rubbed or scraped off, shavings, scrapings, chips, ψ. χρυσοῦ gold-dust, Hdt. 4.195; so without χρυσοῦ, Id. 1.93, 3.94 sq.; ψ. χρυσότευκτον Eub. 20; ψ. ἀργυρᾶ Inscr.Délos 442B 89 (ii B.C.); πυρωθὲν ψ., of dust and ashes, A. Ag. 442 (lyr.); of wood, τὰ τῶν αἰγείρων ψ. Philostr. Im. 1.11; ἥλων ψ., = χαλκοῦ ἄνθος, Dsc. 5.77; μὴ διαλύεσθαι μέχρι ἐλαχίστου ψήγματος (of gum) Id. 3.22; of motes in a sunbeam, Arist. Cael. 313a20, cf. 304a21, Plu. QConv. 2.722a, and v. τίλα II.

ψῆγμα, τό, das Abgeriebene, Abgeschabte, das Schabsel ; – übh. was klein gerieben ist, kleines Teilchen, σποδοῦ, Stäubchen, Asche, Aesch. Ag. 430 ; Körnchen, χρυσοῦ, Goldstaub, Goldsand, Her. 4.195 ; Plut. Demetr. 4 u. A.; auch ohne den Zusatz, Her. 1.93, 3.94, 95, 98 u. sonst ; ψῆγμα ἄπυρον χρυσοῖο Antiphil. 21 (IX.310).

ψῆγμα ψήχω

• that which is rubbed or scraped off, shavings, scrapings, chips, Lat. ramentum, ψ. (with or without χρυσοῦ) gold dust, Hdt.; ψ. πυρωθέν, i. e. dust and ashes, Aesch.