ψᾱρός, ά, όν,
(ψάρ)
__A like a starling, i. e. speckled, dappled, ψ. ἵππος a dapple-grey horse, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1225, LXX.Zech.1.8; 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 632b19 distinguishes it from ποικίλος,] LXX+5th c.BC+] which implies that the spots are more distinctly marked:— comparative ψαρότερος [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.28, 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 11.11. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]