ψέλιον
ψέλιον, later sts. ψέλλιον ( v. l. in X. Cyr. 1.3.2, never in Hdt.), POsl. 46.8 (iii A. D.), Supp.Epigr. 7.428 ( Dura, iii A. D.), in Inscrr. ψίλιον, ψίλλιον (qq. v.), τό:—
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"definition": "<i>armlet</i> or <i>anklet,</i> ψέλιον περὶ ἑκατέρῃ τῶν κνημέων Hdt. 4.168; mostly in pl. ψέλια, a favourite ornament of the Persians, Id. 3.20, 22, 9.80, X. An. 1.2.27, Cyr. 1.3.2; worn by women in Egypt, BGU 1101.8 (i B. C.), POxy. 259.11 (i A. D.), etc., and in Greece, Plu. Coniug. 2.142c.",
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"definition": "PCair.Zen. 782 ( <i>a</i>). 42 (iii B. C.); ψελίου καὶ δρεπάνου PPetr. 2p.113 (iii B. C.).",
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"definition": "οἱ Δωριεῖς ψέλλιον καλοῦσι τὸ ἄκρον· ὅθεν καὶ ἡμεῖς τὴν ἐπʼ ἄκρων χειλέων λεγομένην προσῳδίαν ψιλὴν ἐκαλέσαμεν, ὥς φησι Τρύφων Ammon. Diff. p.143V. ( ψέλιον is distd. from ψάλιον by Ammon. Diff. p.142 V., Ptol.Asc. p.396H., but is the later form of ψάλιον acc. to Moer. p.420P., Sch. E. Ph. 792 ( ἔστι δὲ ψέλιον ὁ κρίκος τοῦ χαλινοῦ, ἢ ἁπλῶς ὁ κρίκος) and this may be the meaning in PCair.Zen. l.c.)",
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"quote": "οἱ Δωριεῖς ψέλλιον καλοῦσι τὸ ἄκρον· ὅθεν καὶ ἡμεῖς τὴν ἐπʼ ἄκρων χειλέων λεγομένην προσῳδίαν ψιλὴν ἐκαλέσαμεν, ὥς φησι Τρύφων",
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