ψᾰλ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,
a pair of scissors, among the toilette articles of a lady, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 320.1, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 413 (nisi to be read ψέλια), “PTeb.” 331.13 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 11.368 (Jul.Antecessor). ] Refs]
__b razor, explained by μιᾷ μαχαίρᾳ (see. μάχαιρα), [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.32, 10.140. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II sewer, drain, στενὴν δ᾽ ἔδυμεν ψαλίδα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 367 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; vault, crypt, ψαλίδαπρομήκη λίθων ποτίμων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 947d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; barrel-vault, [[ Supp.epigram 2.582 (Ionia, 3rd-2nd c.BC), “Explor.Arch. de Délos” 11.262, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 80.46 (_plural_), 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus ] Refs 3rd c.BC+] “*Stereom.” 2.28; ἀνήγειρεν τὴνψ. ταύτην [[ “Supp.epigram” 2.755 (Syria, 2nd c.AD); 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] compares the fornix (ψαλιδοειδές) of the brain to a ψ. οἰκοδομήματος σφαιροειδοῦς, 2.725; similarly the arch of the foot, [[ “UP” 3.8 ] Refs]; having keystones (ὀμφαλοί), [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 399b30 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; and being curved (καμφθεῖσα), [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.42 (uncertain), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.9 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; explained by καμάρα and ἁψίς, [[Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus [same place], 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as entrance and exit of a theatre, [[ “LW” 1586] Refs] (Aphrodisias, written ψελίς).