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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