yo ψόψό, a shepherd's call, S.Fr.521, cf. Ael.Dion.Fr.337. an exclamation of disgust or contempt, pshaw!Phot.; dub. in A.Fr.82, Ar.Fr.892/3.
yoa ψόαψόα or ψύα, ἡ, more freq. in pl. ψόαι or ψύαι,muscles of the loins (cf. ἀλώπηξ IV), Hp.Art.45 (ψύας codd.MV), Nat.Hom.11 (ψόας), cf. Oss.18 (ψύαν), Morb.Sacr.3 (ψύην), and LXXLe.3.9, 2 Ki.2.23, Ps.37(38).8, al.; ψύαιEuphro7, Clearch.72, Aret.CD2.3 (but ψόαιId.SD2.3); acc. pl. ψοιάς (v.l.ψύας, ψυάς) Polybus ap.Arist.HA512b21: ψόαLXXLe. l.c. and three times in cod. Vat. of 2 Ki. (cod.Alex.ψοία); ψύαιPs. l.c. (corrupted to ψυχή): acc. pl. ψόας in Bilabel Ὀψαρτ.p.11 Hsch. has ψίαι, ψειαί, and ψυῖαι, also φοῦαι and ψύλλες: the word in all its spellings is declared un-Attic by Phryn.269, Phot.; the form ψύη was recognized by Irenaeus ap. Orion.col.168. [ῠ in ψύαι,Euphro l. c.; but ῡ in an Epic Fragm. in Ath.9.399a, ψύας ἔγχεϊ νύξε, where perh. ψοίας shd. be written.]
yofew ψοφέωψοφ-έω, pf.ἐψόφηκαMen.Sam.324, etc. sound, make a noise (opp. φωνέω,Arist.de An.420b30, HA535b3), E.Or.137; ψοφεῖ ἀρβύληId.Ba.638 (troch.); πύλαι ψοφοῦσιId.HF78 (v. infr. 11); ψοφεῖ λάλον τι, like a cracked pot, Ar.Ach.933 (lyr.); ἐψόφησεν ἄμπελοςId.Pax612 (troch.); ἐψόφει . . οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ἅττα ib.1152 (troch.); ὥσπερ κύμβαλον ψοφεῖ πρὸς τῷ δαπέδῳ ἡ κοίλη ὁπλήX.Eq.1.3; ποταμοὶ ψοφοῦντεςPl.R.396b; of a bell, Str.14.2.21: c. acc. cogn., [ἡ χαλκὶς] ψοφεῖ οἷον συριγμόνArist.HA535b19; ψ. ψόφον ib.b13. esp. of an empty noise,πάντα γάρ τοι τῷ φοβουμένῳ ψοφεῖS.Fr.61; κόμποι ψοφοῦσινAlex.25.9; μέγα ψοφέουσαν ἀοιδήνCall.Aet.Oxy.2079.19 (cf. Fr.165). c. acc., ψοφεῖν τὰς θύραςknock at the door inside to show that one is coming out (opp. κόπτειν or κρούεινknock at the outside), τὴν θύραν ψοφεῖ τις ἐξιώνMen.Pk.126, cf. Epit.454; ἐψόφηκε προϊὼν τὴν θύρανId.Sam.324, cf. Luc.Sol.9; but the two words are sts. used indiscriminately, cf. Plu.Publ.20; also of the door (intr.), τί αἱ θύραι νύκτωρ ψοφοῖεν why they were heard to open,Lys.1.14, cf. 17, Men.Sam.222; ἐψόφηκεν ἡ θ.Com.Adesp.21.1D.; ἐψόφηκε ῥόπαλονCIG5149b (Cyrene). rattle a chain, Herod.7.11. intr., κλαίοντες αὐτῇ δειλίᾳ ψοφήσετε perh. = you will perish, come to a bad end,S.Ichn.162: cf. διαφωνέω3b. =μαστιγόω, ἐξουσίαν ἐχέτω . . ἐπιτειμέων τρόπ [ῳ ᾧ κα θέλῃ καὶ ψο]φέων καὶ διδέ[ων] καὶ πωλέωνSupp.Epigr.2.307 (Delph.); ἐπιτιμέουσα καὶ ψοφευσασα (sic lapis; leg. ψοφεῦσα) καὶ διδέουσα κτλ.Delph.3(2).131(i B. C.); cf. μαστιγοῦσαι replacing ψοφέουσαι in the same formula, GDI2324 (Delph.).
yofhma ψόφημαψόφ-ημα, ατος, τό, noise: pl., bombast,S.Inach. in PTeb.692 ii 7.
yofhsis ψόφησιςψόφ-ησις, εως, ἡ, making a noise, sounding,ἰκρίωνCratin.323 (lyr.), cf. Arist.de An.426a1.
yofhtikos ψοφητικόςψοφ-ητικός, ή, όν, able to make a noise, of animals, opp. both to τὰ ἄφωνα and to τὰ φωνήεντα,Id.HA488a31; τὸ ψ.a thing capable of producing sound, opp. τὸ ὁρατόν,Id.de An.423b5, cf. 420a3.
yofodeeia ψοφοδέειαψοφο-δέεια, ἡ, fear at every noise,Stoic.3.99.
yofodehs ψοφοδεήςψοφο-δεής, ές, (δέος) frightened at every noise, shy, timid, esp. of animals, Plu.Cam.27; [ἵπποι] ψ. καὶ εὐπτόητοιId.2.642a; of men, Pl.Phdr.257d, D.H.11.22, cf. PGrenf.2.7(a). 2(iii B. C.); name of a play of Menander: τὸ ἐν τῇ πολιτείᾳ ψ.timidity,Plu.Nic.2. Adv.-εῶςId.2.47b, Luc.Pr. Im.7,28, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.10.11.2, Jul.ad Ath.277c.
yofos ψόφοςψόφ-ος, ὁ, noise (prop. of one thing striking against another, Arist.de An.420a21; or of insects, which produce a sound, but not by the larynx, Id.HA535a28; opp. φωνή,Id.de An.420b29, HA535b31, al.; ψόφος μόνον [τὸ σῖγμα] Pl.Tht.203b, cf. Lg.669d, Aristox. ap. D.H.Comp.14); first in h.Merc.285, ἄτερ ψόφου; γλώσσης ψ.E.HF229; φιλημάτωνS.Fr.537; ψόφοι ἀνέμωνPl.R.397a; of rolling stones, X.An.4.2.4; of footsteps, ψόφῳ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ προσιέναι αὐτοὺς ἀντιπαταγοῦντος τοῦ ἀνέμουTh.3.22, cf. Hdt.7.218; of knocking at a door, Ar.Ra.604 (lyr.), Pl.Smp.212c; cf. ψοφέω11; crash of a falling building, Th.4.115; also of musical instruments, λωτοῦ, κιθάρας,E.Ba.687, Cyc.443; of a trumpet, Paus.2.21.3. mere sound, noise,τοῦ σοῦ ψ. οὐκ ἂν στραφείην your noise will never turn me, S.Aj.1116; κενὸς ψ.E.Rh.565; εὐδοξία ψόφος ἐστὶ μαινομένων ἀνθρώπωνDiog. ap.Arr.Epict.1.24.6; ψόφοιmere sounds, of high-sounding words or names, ὁ μὴ φρονῶν . . ψόφοις ἁλίσκεταιMen.737, cf. Alciphr.2.3, Luc.DMeretr.15.3, Arr.Epict.2.6.19; ψόφου πλέως, of Aeschylus, Ar.Nu.1367; ὁ ψ. τῶν ῥημάτων, of his language, Id.Ra.492.
yofwdhs ψοφώδηςψοφ-ώδης, ες, noisy,Hp.Epid.1.23; full of sound,οἱ διθυραμβοποιοίArist.Rh.1406b2.
yogcai ψόγξαιψόγξαι:ἀκοῦσαι,Hsch.
yogeia ψόγειοςψόγ-ειος, and neut. pl. ψόγεια, blameworthy,ε¯ῑ δίφθογγος καὶ προπαροξύνεται,Choerob. in An.Ox.2.279, cf. Hsch.
yogeros ψογερόςψογ-ερός, ά, όν, (ψόγος) fond of blaming, censorious, libellous, of Archilochus, Pi.P.2.55, Plu.Comp.Cim.Luc.1 (Sup.). Adv.-ρῶςby way of blame,Eust.827.29. blamable,Hsch.
yoiqos ψοιθόςψοιθός, ή, όν, of an animal, prob. ash-coloured (cf. sq.), BCH29.430 (Delos, iv B. C.).
yoiqos ψοῖθοςψοῖθος, ὁ, =σποδός, Theognost.Can.26, EM (cod. V post 819.7), Phot., Suid.
yoiths ψοΐτηςψοΐτης[ῑ] μυελός, ὁ, (ψόα) lumbar portion of the spinal cord, Gal.8.328.
yoloeis ψολόειςψολό-εις, εσσα, εν, also εις, ενNic. (v. infr.): (ψόλος) sooty, smoky, mostly as epith. of κεραυνός,lurid,Od.23.330, 24.539, Hes.Th.515; opp. ἀργής (vivid), Arist.Mete.371a21, Mu.395a26; also of a serpent, opp. αἰθός, χροιῇ ψολόειςNic.Th.288, cf. 129 (where ψολόεις is fem.), Opp.C.3.439; Αἴτνη ψολόεσσαEuph.51.11. ψολόεις, οἱ, the male mourners in a ritual at the Boeotian Orchomenos, Plu.2.299e: prob. so called because δυσειματοῦντες, cf. Plu. l. c.
yolokompia ψολοκομπίαψολο-κομπία, ἡ, thunderous talk, i. e. empty noise,Ar.Eq.696 (pl.).
yolos ψόλοςψόλος, ὁ, soot, smoke,ἐπιβωμίῳ ψόλῳA.Fr.24 in Hsch. also =φλόξ.
yoqoios ψοθοιὸςψοθοιὸςὁ ἀκάθαρτοςTheognost.Can.53 (given as oxyt.); πλέω γράσου καὶ ψοθοίου (here =ἀκαθαρσία and not oxyt.) καὶ ῥύπου γε καὶ ψόθου cited by Phot. perh. fr. Ar. (v. ad Fr.892/3) and A. (cf. Fr.82).