Ψύρα · Psyra — LSJ
Psyra, saying ‘a fig for Dionysus!ʼ, barren
Psyra, a barren islet near Chios, taken as the type of what is insignificant: prov., Ψύρα τὸν Διόνυσον ἄγοντες (saying ‘a fig for Dionysus!ʼ), of persons who drink no wine, Cratin. 352; Ψύρα τε τὴν Σπάρτην ἄγεις Id. 112; also called ψῠρίη, ἡ, Od. 3.171: ψύριος· ἀκάθαρτος Hsch.: ψῠρὶς γῆ barren land, like that of Psyra, Id.