rub, wipe, polish, rub smooth
rub, wipe, τίς ὀμφαλητόμος σε . . ἔψησε κἀπέλουσεν; Hippon. l.c.; polish, PHolm. 3.19; rub smooth, αὐσταλέας δʼ ἔψησε παρηΐδας A.R. l.c.; of solderers, PLond. 3.1177.285 (ii A. D.).
II crumble away, vanish, disappear, ps-
intr., crumble away, vanish, disappear, S. Tr. 678 (s. v. l.). (ψάω, ψαίω, ψαύω, ψαίρω, ψήχω, ψώχω, and perh. ψίω, ψωμός, seem to be different enlargements of ψ-, which corresponds to ps- in Skt. psā ´ti, bhes- in Skt. babhasti ‘crush, chew, devour’, bhasman ‘ashes’.)