friable, powdery, crumbling, sandy, sandy shore
friable, powdery, crumbling, σποδός A. Th. 323 (lyr.), cf. Euph. 50; κόνις AP 7.315 (Zenod. or Rhian.); ψαφαρόν, = ἁπαλόν, perh. of a fine powder, Pl.Com. 118: freq. of soil, sandy, λεπτόγεως καὶ ψ. χώρα Thphr. HP 8.2.11; opp. ἀγαθή, ib. 8.9.1 (Comp.); ἡ ψαφαρή the sandy shore, opp. ἅλς, AP 12.145; ἐνὶ ψαφαρῇ Σαλαμῖνι Euph. 30.
2 of loose texture
of loose texture, of the glands, the brain, Hp. Gland. 1, 10, Sor. 1.12 (ψαθ- cod.), al.
3 thin, watery
of semi-liquids, thin, watery, διαχώρημα Hp. Coac. 596; νάρδος AP 6.231 (Phil.); πόλτος ψαφαρώτατος Sor. 1.51 (ψαθ- cod.).
4 rough, dry
of wine, rough, dry, joined with ἀλιπής, Gal. ap. Ath. 1.26d, cf. ψαθυρός.
5 dry, dusty-looking
metaph. of a serpent, χροιὴ ψ. dry, dusty-looking, Nic. Th. 262.—Cf. ψαθυρός fin.