ψώρ-α,
Ionic dialect ψώρη, ἡ, (ψάω, ψώω) itch, mange, scurvy, of men and beasts, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.90, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 46a, 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 63.7 (hexameters), 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 26 (uncertain); ἵππων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.88.1; βοσκημάτων 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.9.4; τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐν ψώρᾳ συνεχομένους 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.143 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; called by 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus κνησμονή (from κνάω to scratch)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, Papyrus in [[ “Stud.Ital.” 12(1935).94 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ψώρα ἀγρία, of a malignant kind, [[ LXX.Lev.21.20. ] LXX]
__2 metaphorically, ψ. περὶ τὰς αἱρέσεις [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.148. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II a disease of trees, scab, Cladosporium herbarum, especially of fig-trees, when they are overgrown with moss, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.14.3, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of the olive, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 79, “Mul.” 2.117 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare λειχήν.
__III a moth, ={φάλαινα}, [[Scholia 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 760. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]