κέγχρος

A. millet, Panicum miliaceum, usu. in pl., Hes. Sc. 398, Hdt. 4.17, Hp. Acut. 21, X. An. 1.2.22, etc.: sg., Hecat. 154 J., Hdt. 1.193, Thphr. HP 1.11.2, al., OGI 55.15 (Telmessus, iii B.C.); of a single grain, Hdt. 3.100, Plot. 6.3.11, prob. in Sapph. Supp. 1.13:—also κέρχνος, Anaxandr. 41.27, Gal. 18(1).574; cf. κέρχνωμα, κέρχνη.

II. anything in small grains:

1. spawn of fish, Hdt. 2.93.

2. small beads, Ath. 12.525e.

3. speck, sty in the eye, Adam. 1.11, al.

III. = κεγχρίας 11 (q.v.), Dsc. Ther. 15.

IV. small kind of diamond, Plin. HN 37.57.