ψώρ-α, Ion.
ψώρη,ἡ, (ψάω, ψώω)
A. itch, mange, scurvy,of men and beasts, Hdt. 4.90 , Pl. Phlb. 46a , Hermipp. 63.7 (hex.), Phryn.Com. 26 (dub.); ἵππων
Plb. 3.88.1
; βοσκημάτων
Thphr. HP 9.9.4
; τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐν ψώρᾳ συνεχομένους
Phld. Rh. 2.143
S. ; called by Suid.
κνησμονή(fr.κνάωto scratch): pl., Pap. in Stud.Ital. 12(1935).94
(iii A. D.);ψώρα ἀγρία,of a malignant kind, LXX Le. 21.20 .
2. metaph., ψ. περὶ τὰς αἱρέσεις
Gal. 8.148
.
II. a disease of trees, scab, Cladosporium herbarum,esp. of fig-trees, when they are overgrown with moss, Thphr. HP 4.14.3 , etc.; also of the olive, Hp. Nat.Mul. 79 , Mul. 2.117 ; cf.λειχήν.