ψαθυρός

A. friable, crumbling, of the roe in fish, Arist. HA 510b26; ἰχθῦς . . τοὺς σαρκώδεις καὶ ψ. Diocl.Fr. 141; opp. γλίσχρος, Arist. Mete. 387a15; of bread, Gal. 6.523; of cheese, opp. κολλώδης, ib.698 (Comp.); of meat, Ruf. ap. Orib. 4.2.8 (Comp.); τὸ ὕδωρ ψ. Arist. Sens. 441a25; of air, Id. de An. 419b35; of earth, Thphr. CP 2.4.11, Nic. Al. 145; γῆ ‐ωτέρα Gp. 3.3.10; of the texture of some bulbs, Thphr. HP 7.9.4; of leaves in a salad, Hp. Liqu. 5 (Comp.); also ψαδυρόν· ἀσθενές, μαδαρόν, ψαθυρόν, Hsch. (the form is Att. acc. to Gal. 16.760), and ψαθαρά· εὔθλαστα, etc., Hsch.; cf. ψαφαρός.