1. ψίαθος · psiathos — Beekes
The corpus record
ψίᾰθ-ος
psiathos
rush mat
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- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
2. ψίαθος · psiathos — Chantraine
3. ψίᾰθ-ος · psiath-os — LSJ
a rush-mat, used for sleeping on, Hesperia 5.382 (Athens, v. B.C.), Ar. Ra. 567, Lys. 921, Arist. HA 559b3, Thphr. HP 4.8.4, 9.4.4; ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ψ. γεγονώς, prov. of persons in like condition, bedfellow, Com.Adesp. 789 (anap. (?)); Dor. pl. acc. ψιάθως Ar. Ach. 874.
blind, Apollod. Poliorc. 169.6.
perh. sack, χόρτου πλήρης Sor. 1.83; used for carriage of wool or stone, PCair.Zen. 430, 518 (iii B. C.).
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Where it came from
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