ψέλιον,
later sometimes ψέλλιον (variant in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.2, never in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus), “POsl.” 46.8 (3rd c.AD), “Supp.epigram” 7.428 (Dura, 3rd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+], in Inscrr. ψίλιον, ψίλλιον (which see), τό:— armlet or anklet, ψέλιον περὶ ἑκατέρῃ τῶν κνημέων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.168 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; mostly in plural ψέλια, a favourite ornament of the Persians, [[ [prev. author] 3.20, 22, 9.80, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.27, “Cyr.” 1.3.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; worn by women in Egypt, [[ “BGU” 1101.8 (1st c.BC), “POxy.” 259.11 (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.BC+], etc., and in Greece, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.142c. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 an iron implement, perhaps agricultural, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 782 (a). 42 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ψελίου καὶ δρεπάνου [[ “PPetr.” 2p.113 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II οἱ Δωριεῖς ψέλλιον καλοῦσι τὸ ἄκρον· ὅθεν καὶ ἡμεῖς τὴν ἐπ᾽ ἄκρων χειλέων λεγομένην προσῳδίαν ψιλὴν ἐκαλέσαμεν, ὥς φησι Τρύφων [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.143V. (ψέλιον is distinguished from ψάλιον by 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.142 V., Ptol.Asc. p.396H., but is the later form of ψάλιον _accusative_ to Moer. p.420P., Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 792 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (ἔστι δὲ ψέλιον ὁ κρίκος τοῦ χαλινοῦ, ἢ ἁπλῶς ὁ κρίκος) and this may be the meaning in [[ “PCair.Zen.” [same place]) ] Refs]