ψᾰθῠρός,όν,
A. friable, crumbling,of the roe in fish, Arist. HA 510b26 ; ἰχθῦς . . τοὺς σαρκώδεις καὶ ψ.
Diocl.Fr. 141
; opp.γλίσχρος,
Arist. Mete. 387a15 ; of bread, Gal. 6.523 ; of cheese, opp.κολλώδης,ib. 698 ( Comp. ); of meat, Ruf. ap. Orib. 4.2.8 ( Comp. ); τὸ ὕδωρ ψ.
Arist. Sens. 441a25
; of air, Id. de An. 419b35 ; of earth, Thphr. CP 2.4.11 , Nic. Al. 145 ; γῆ -ωτέρα
Gp. 3.3.10
; of the texture of some bulbs, Thphr. HP 7.9.4 ; of leaves in a salad, Hp. Liqu. 5 ( Comp. ); alsoψαδυρόν: ἀσθενές, μαδαρόν, ψαθυρόν,
Hsch. (the form is Att. acc. to Gal. 16.760 ), andψαθαρά: εὔθλαστα,etc., Hsch. ; cf.ψαφαρός.