The corpus record

ψηφίς

psephis · ἡ

small pebble

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Where it lives

Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

small pebble

Dim. of ψῆφος, small pebble, Il. 21.260, Lex Solonis ap.Sch.Gen.Il. l.c., Democr. 164, Luc. DMar. 3.2.

2 pebble for reckoning

pebble for reckoning, AP 11.365 (Agath.).

3 tessellated work

tessellated work, Chor. p.86B. [1.2.29]

II gem, amulet

gem or amulet worn in a ring, Longus4.17, Alex.Trall. 11.1.

In the wild

ψηφῖδες · psēphides Iliad 21.260

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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