yafac
ψῆφοςψῆφος, Dor. ψᾶφος, Aeol. ψᾶφαξ, ἡ, gen. pl. ψηφάων Man.4.448: (ψάω)
a small round worn stone, pebble, ψᾶφος ἑλισσομένα Pi.O. 10(11).9; οὐκ ἂν εἰδείην λέγειν ποντιᾶν ψάφων ἀριθμόν ib.13.46; ψήφῳ μούνῃ διατετρανέεις, opp. μόγις ἂν λίθῳ παίσας διαρρήξειας, Hdt. 3.12; ψ. ἄμμου a grain of sand, LXXSi.18.10. precious stone, gem, Philostr.VA3.27; esp. worn in a ring, Luc.DMeretr.9. acc. to the various uses made of such pebbles: pebble used for reckoning, counter, λογίζεσθαι ψήφοις calculate or reckon by abacus, cipher, Hdt.2.36, etc.: hence to reckon exactly or accurately, opp. ἀπὸ χειρὸς λ., Ar.V.656 (anap.); οὐ τιθεὶς ψήφους D.18.229; ἐν ψήφῳ λέγειν A.Ag.570; ἐν ψήφου λόγῳ θέσθαι E.Rh. 309: metaph., ταῖς τοῦ συμφέροντος ψήφοις μετρεῖν τὰς ἔχθρας καὶ τὰς φιλίας Plb.2.47.5: hence ψῆφος itself for a cipher, number, πὸτ ἄρτιον (sc. ἀριθμὸν) ποτθέμειν . . ψᾶφον Epich.170: pl., accounts, καθαραὶ ψ., where there is an exact balance, D.18.227; οἱ περὶ τὰς ψ. calculators, Alciphr.1.26; ψήφων ἄπειρος Plu.2.812e; δακτυλικὴ ψ. reckoning on the fingers, AP11.290 (Pall.); of astrological calculations, Vett.Val.10.15, al. in Magic, κατέχων τὴν ψ. (i. e. the object on which the number is written) λέγε . . PMag.Par.1.1048, cf. 937. pebble used for a draughts- or chess-man, Pl.R.487c; κύβος ἐν παιδιᾷ ψήφων Plu.2.427f. pebble used by jugglers, ψηφάων παῖκται Man.4.448. pebble used in divination, ἡ διὰ ψήφων μαντική Apollod.3.10.2. cube used in mosaic pavements, Gal.Protr.8. pebble used in voting, ψήφῳ ψηφίζεσθαι Hdt.9.55; ἐὰν μὴ τῇ ψ . . . ψηφίσωνται κρύβδην ψηφιζόμενοι D.59.89: hence, the vote itself, ψῆφον φέρειν give one's vote, ἐν καρδίᾳ ψ. φέροντες A.Eu.680, cf. And.1.2, D.57.61, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος Lycurg.7; περί τινος Id.11, etc.; ψήφου φορά E.Supp.484; ψῆφον τίθεσθαι, = ψηφίζεσθαι, Hdt.8.123, cf. 6.57; εἰς τεῦχος . . ψήφους ἔθεντο A.Ag.816; c. inf., Hdt.3.73; ψ. προσθέσθαι Th.1.40; ψήφῳ διαιρεῖν to determine by vote, A.Eu.630; ψήφῳ κρίνειν, Th.1.87, etc.; μεταλαβὼν τὸ πέμπτον μέρος τῶν ψ. Pl.Ap.36b, cf. Lex ap.D.21.47: in collect. sense, ἐχρῆν . . ψ. περὶ αὐτοῦ γενέσθαι a vote is taken, Antipho 5.47; ἡ καθαιροῦσα ψ. Lys.13.37; ἡ σῴζουσα ψ. D.19.66; οἷς ἂν πλείστη γένηται ψ. a majority of votes, Pl.Lg.759d: τὴν ψῆφον ἐπάγειν to put the vote or question, of the president, Th.1.119, 125; ψῆφον δοῦναι περί τινος IG22.222.24, cf. D.21.188; ψ. ἀναδοὺς περί τινος App.BC1.100; so ψ. περὶ ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἀνδραποδισμοῦ προτεθεῖσαν D.19.65; διένεμον (vv. ll. διενέμοντο, ἔφερον) τὰς ψ. were casting their votes, Hdt.8.123; ὑπὸ ψήφου μιᾶς with one accord, Ar.Lys.270; ψ. φανερά open voting, ψ. φανερὰν διενεγκεῖν Th.4.74; τὴν ψ. οὐκ εἰς καδίσκους ἀλλὰ φανερὰν ἐπὶ τὰς τραπέζας τίθεσθαι Lys.13.37, cf. Pl.Lg.767d, 855d; opp. ψ. ἀφανής voting by ballot, Aeschin.3.233; κρύβδην τὴν ψ. φέρειν Arist. Rh.Al.1433a23, cf. 1424b2, Ath.69.1. that which is carried by vote, a vote, ψ. καταγνώσεως a vote of condemnation, Th.3.82; ψῆφος αὐτῷ ἐπῆκτο περὶ φυγῆς a vote of banishment was moved for against him, X.An.7.7.57, cf. A.Th.198; ψήφῳ πόλεως γνωσθεῖσαι Id.Supp.7 (anap.)
hence, any resolve or decree, ψ. τυράννων S.Ant.60; λιθίνα ψᾶφος a decree written on stone, Pi.O.7.87; διδοῖ ψᾶφον περ᾽ αὐτᾶς [the oak] gives judgement of itself, Id.P.4.265; ψ. φλεγυρὰ βροτῶν, i. e. public opinion, Cratin.57 (lyr.); τίν᾽ ἂν ψῆφον θεῖο; what judgment . . ? Pl.Prt.330c, cf. R.450a; ἡ ἐμὴ ψ. Id.Phlb. 57a. Ἀθηνᾶς ψ., calculus Minervae, prov. phrase to express acquittal, when the votes were even, Philostr.VS2.3. ψ. is sts. omitted, κἂν ἴσαι γένωνται Ar.Ra.685 (lyr.); πάσαις κρατεῖν Luc.Bis Acc.18, cf. 22. Διὸς ψῆφος (ψῆφοι Hsch.), prov. ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν καὶ ἀθίκτων, of the scene of contest betw. Athena and Poseidon, Suid., etc. Κόννου ψ., negligible quantity, cipher, Ar.V.675 (anap.), cf. Κοννᾶς. place of voting, tribunal, E.IT945, El. 1263. metaph., influence, πόλις μεγάλην ψ. ἔχουσα Lib.Or.18.13.

yafaros
ψαφαρόςψᾰφᾰρ-ός, ά, όν, Ion. ψαφερός, ή, όν, Hp. (v. infr.)
friable, powdery, crumbling, σποδός A.Th.323 (lyr.), cf. Euph.50; κόνις AP 7.315 (Zenod. or Rhian.); ψαφαρόν, = ἁπαλόν, perh. of a fine powder, Pl.Com.118: freq. of soil, sandy, λεπτόγεως καὶ ψ. χώρα Thphr. HP8.2.11; opp. ἀγαθή, ib.8.9.1 (Comp.); ἡ ψαφαρή the sandy shore, opp. ἅλς, AP12.145; ἐνὶ ψαφαρῇ Σαλαμῖνι Euph.30. of loose texture, of the glands, the brain, Hp.Gland.1,10, Sor.1.12 (ψαθ- cod.), al. of semi-liquids, thin, watery, διαχώρημα Hp.Coac.596; νάρδος AP6.231 (Phil.); πόλτος ψαφαρώτατος Sor.1.51 (ψαθ- cod.). of wine, rough, dry, joined with ἀλιπής, Gal. ap. Ath.1.26d, cf. ψαθυρός. metaph. of a serpent, χροιὴ ψ. dry, dusty-looking, Nic. Th.262.—Cf. ψαθυρός fin.

yainunqa
ψαινύθιοςψαινύθιος, ον, false, vain, Hsch.
Lyc.1420 has ψαίνυνθα θεσπίζειν prophesy falsely (formed like μίνυνθα).

yaiw
ψαίωψαίω, = ψάω (q. v.), rub away, grind down, in aor. 1 Med., Thphr. ap.Porph.Abst.2.6
aor. Pass., ibid.

yakadttw
ψαλάσσωψᾰλάσσω, later Att. ψᾰκάδ-ττω, like ψάλλω, ψαθάλλω, touch lightly, Ael.NA3.18; ψ. κτύπον νευρᾶς make a string sound by touching it, Lyc.139
aor. 1 Med. in Hsch.

yakion
ψάκιονψάκιον [ᾰ], τό, Dim. of ψακάς, small piece or drop, Hsch. ψάκτα, ἡ, a kind of cake, Id. ψακτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, = ψήκτρα, Id. (perh. for Ψηκτήρ).

yalion
ψάλιονψᾰ´λ-ιον, τό, part of the bridle, curb-chain, ῥυταγωγέα . . ἐκ τοῦ ψ. ἠρτημένον X.Eq. 7.1; τὸ περὶ γένειον διειρόμενον, ψάλιον Poll.1.148; = κρίκος τοῦ χαλινοῦ, Sch.E.Ph.792: freq. in pl., because the curb-chain was formed of links, which rattled as the horse moved, χρυσοχάλινον πάταγον ψαλίων Ar.Pax155 (anap.); ψαλίων κρότον καὶ χαλινοῦ κτύπον Ael. NA6.10; ψαλίοις ἐδάμασε πώλους E.HF381 (lyr.): metaph., οἷον ψ. αὐτῇ [τῇ βασιλείᾳ] ἐνέβαλε τὴν τῶν Ἐφόρων δύναμιν Pl.Lg.692a. generally, chain, bond, A.Pr.54 (pl.): metaph., μέγα δ᾽ ἀφῃρέθη ψ. οἰκετῶν Id.Ch.962 (lyr.). βορινοῦ καὶ νοτινοῦ ψαλίου (or Ψαλίου) the N. and S. ring (or Ring), in description of an estate, POxy. 1632.12 (iv A. D.). a horse's jaw, Hippiatr.28 (cf. ψέλιον, ψάλλιον).

yallion
ψάλλιονψάλλιον, τό, = ψάλιον, prob. chain, PLond.3.1177.234 (ii A. D.).

yalsis
ψάλσιςψάλ-σις, εως, ἡ, = ψαλμός, Philostr.VA6.10.

yaltigc
ψάλτιγξψάλ-τιγξ, ιγγος, ἡ, = κιθάρα, Hsch., Suid.

yaltwdos
ψαλτῳδόςψαλτῳδ-ός, όν, = ψαλμῳδός, ib.1 Ch.9.33, 2 Ch.5.12, al., v.l. ib.Si.47.9.

yamma
ψάμμηψάμμη, ἡ, rarer form of ψάμμος, Hdt.4.181 (v.l. ψάμμος), who elsewh. always has the common form: Dor. ψάμμα A.Pr.573 (lyr.), Ar.Lys.1261 (lyr.).

yammakosiogargaroi
ψαμμακόσιοιψαμμᾰκόσιοι, αι, α, sand-hundred, Com. word formed from ψάμμος after the analogy of διακόσιοι, τριακόσιοι, etc., to denote a countless multitude, ψ. θεαταί Eup.286 (ψαμμοκ- v. l. ap.Suid.), cf. Ath. 15.671a; also ὀνόματα ψ. grandiloquent terms, Id.6.230d.—So the exaggerated form ψαμμᾰκοσιογάργᾰροι, αι, α, Ar.Ach.3 (v.l. ψαμμοκ-): cf. γάργαρα.

yammoduths
ψαμμοδύτηςψαμμο-δύτης [ῠ], ου, ὁ, like ἀμμοδύτης, sand-diver; name of a fish that buries itself in the sand, elsewh. καλλιώνυμος, Hsch. name for a mole, Cyran.78.

yammokosioi
ψαμμοκόσιοιψαμμοκόσιοι, v.l. for ψαμμακόσιοι (q. v.), which is to be preferred.

yanos
ψανόςψᾱνός, = ψηνός (q. v.).

yaqoplokos
ψαθοπλόκοςψᾰθοπλόκος, ὁ, = ψιαθοπλόκος, Sammelb.5124.332 (ii A. D.).

yauw
ψαύωψαύω, Ep. impf. ψαῦον Il.13.132; ψαύεσκον (ἐπι-) Orph.L.126: fut. ψαύσω A.Ch.182, etc.: aor. ἔψαυσα Pi.N.5.42, etc.: pf. ἔψαυκα (παρ-) S.E.M.7.116
Pass., aor. ἐψαύσθην Dsc.2.14: pf. ἔψαυσμαι (παρ-) Hp.Morb.4.44
touch, τινος Il.23.519,806, Hdt.2.47. etc.; ἁπτόμενοι καὶ ψ. ἀλλήλων in close contact, Plu.Pyrrh.12: metaph., μὴ ψαύειν ἀδικίας ὃν τρόπον οὐδὲ πυρός Phld.Rh.2.155S.: c. dat. instr., ψαῦον . . κόρυθες . . φάλοισι the helmets touched with their φάλοι, Il.13.132, 16.216; τῇ κεφαλῇ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ψ. Hdt.3.30; χεροῖν . . ἔψαυσα πηγῆς A.Pers.202; εἰ τῆσδε χώρας μήποτε ψαύσει ποδί Id.Ch.182: but the dat. is used for the gen. in Pi.P.9.120, Herod.4.75, Q.S.8.349 (cf. θιγγάνω 11.3, προσψαύω)
ψαύω never takes acc. exc. in αἵματι ψαῦσαι θύρας Ezek.Exag.158: in S.Ant. 857, ἔψαυσας ἀλγεινοτάτας ἐμοὶ μερίμνας, πατρὸς τριπόλιστον οἶκτον (v.l. οἶτον), μερίμνας is gen. sg. and οἶκτον or οἶτον is acc. depending on ἔψαυσας . . μερίμνας, = ἐποίησάς με μεριμνᾶν; and ib.961, κεῖνος ἐπέγνω μανίαις ψαύων τὸν θεὸν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις, the construction is ἐπέγνω τὸν θεόν, ψαύων (sc. αὐτοῦ) he learned to know the god, assailing (him): later writers used the Pass. as if the Act. had a trans. sense, Dsc. l. c., Plu.2.951d. touch lightly. a way of feeling the pulse, opp. θλίβω, Gal.8.808: metaph., touch upon a subject, notice it slightly, Plb.1.13.8
Med., c. acc. rei, touch lightly upon a subject, Gal.18(1).331. touch as an enemy, lay hands upon, τινος E.IA1559: abs., κλάοις ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας A.Supp. 925, cf. S.OC856. touch, affect, οὐ γὰρ ἄκρας καρδίας ἔψαυσέ μου E.Hec.242. reach, gain, ὕμνων Pi.N.5.42; ψ. Ἀφροδίτας Id.O. 6.35: abs., hit the mark, AP7.428.11(Mel.). Math., ἐπίπεδα ψαύοντα tangent planes, Archim.Con.Sph.17. rarely in Pass., to be touched, of the star-fish, ἐνδίδωσι τὸ σῶμα καὶ περιορᾷ ψαυόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν παρατρεχόντων Plu.2.978b, cf. 951d (if the comma be placed before, not after, οὐσίας); ὅσοι ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀμινναίων (sc. οἴνων) ψαύονται κεφαλῆς those who are affected in the head . . , Dsc. 5.19.—The word is very rare in early Prose, Antipho 3.3.5, X. Mem.1.4.12: freq. later, Plb.1.13.8, al., Plu.2.589f, al.