ψύρα [ῠ],τά,
A. Psyra,a barren islet near Chios, taken as the type of what is insignificant: prov.,Ψύρα τὸν Διόνυσον ἄγοντες(saying 'a fig for Dionysus!'), of persons who drink no wine, Cratin. 352 ; Ψύρα τε τὴν Σπάρτην ἄγεις
Id. 112
; also calledψῠρίη,ἡ, Od. 3.171 :ψύριος:
ἀκάθαρτος
Hsch.
:ψῠρὶς γῆ barrenland,likethat of Psyra, Id.