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ψᾰθῠρός

psathuros

friable, crumbling

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Where it lives

De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k

What it meant — LSJ

friable, crumbling

friable, crumbling, of the roe in fish, Arist. HA 510b26; ἰχθῦς . . τοὺς σαρκώδεις καὶ ψ. Diocl. Fr. 141; opp. γλίσχρος, Arist. Mete. 387a15; of bread, Gal. 6.523; of cheese, opp. κολλώδης, ib. 698 (Comp.); of meat, Ruf. ap. Orib. 4.2.8 (Comp.); τὸ ὕδωρ ψ. Arist. Sens. 441a25; of air, Id. de An. 419b35; of earth, Thphr. CP 2.4.11, Nic. Al. 145; γῆ -ωτέρα Gp. 3.3.10; of the texture of some bulbs, Thphr. HP 7.9.4; of leaves in a salad, Hp. Liqu. 5 (Comp.); also ψαδυρόν· ἀσθενές, μαδαρόν, ψαθυρόν,

In the wild

ψαθυρόν · psathyron Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 89)

Where it came from

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