ψαλίς

A. a pair of scissors, among the toilette articles of a lady, Ar. Fr. 320.1, S. Fr. 413 (nisi leg. ψέλια), PTeb. 331.13 (ii A. D.); δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι AP 11.368 (Jul.Antecessor).

b. razor, expld. by μιᾷ μαχαίρᾳ (v. μάχαιρα), Poll. 2.32, 10.140.

II. sewer, drain, στενὴν δ’ ἔδυμεν ψαλίδα S. Fr. 367; vault, crypt, ψαλίδαπρομήκη λίθων ποτίμων Pl. Lg. 947d; barrel-vault, Supp.Epigr. 2.582 (Ionia, iii/ii B. C.), Explor.Arch. de Délos 11.262, Ph. Bel. 80.46 (pl.), Hero *Stereom. 2.28; ἀνήγειρεν τὴνψ. ταύτην Supp.Epigr. 2.755 (Syria, ii A. D.); Gal. compares the fornix (ψαλιδοειδές) of the brain to a ψ. οἰκοδομήματος σφαιροειδοῦς, 2.725; similarly the arch of the foot, UP 3.8; having keystones (ὀμφαλοί), Arist. Mu. 399b30; and being curved (καμφθεῖσα), Str. 17.1.42 (dub.), D.S. 2.9; expld. by καμάρα and ἁψίς, Sch.Pl. l. c., Suid.; as entrance and exit of a theatre, LW 1586 (Aphrodisias, written ψελίς).

III. αἱ ψ. τῶν στύλων prob. the rounded mouldings between the capital and the column, LXX Ex. 27.10, 11; so perh. ψαλλίδες in BGU 1028.9 (ii A. D.).

2. pl., rings for the staves of the altar of incense, LXX Ex. 30.4; iron bands for strengthening an engine, Ph. Bel. 57.33.

IV. = ταχεῖα κίνησις, Sch.Pl. Lg. 947d.