ψῆγ-μα,ατος,τό, (ψήχω)
A. that which is rubbedorscraped off, shavings, scrapings, chips, ψ. χρυσοῦgold-dust,
Hdt. 4.195 ; so withoutχρυσοῦ,
Id. 1.93 , 3.94 sq.; ψ. χρυσότευκτον
Eub. 20
; ψ. ἀργυρᾶ
Inscr.Délos 442
B 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 ; ofmotesin a sunbeam, Arist. Cael. 313a20 , cf. 304a21 , Plu. 2.722a , and v. τίλα
11 .