friable, powdery, crumbling; sandy
Ancient Greek word, found 11 times in the texts on Socratos.
Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 323: δουλίαν ψαφαρᾷ σποδῷ
Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 3.1: … τος εἰς τὸ ἔσχατον, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἀνθρώποις τι παρασχεῖν ἐνδεής, ἀλλὰ καὶ μηδʼ ἄλλο τι τῶν ζῴων ἱκανὴ βόσκειν· ψαφαρὰ γάρ ἐστι καὶ νοτερὸν ἐξ αὐτῆς οὐδὲν ὅ τι καὶ φῦσαι καρπὸν δύναιτο. τοιαύτην δὲ οὖσαν τὴν χώραν ἐξ ἀνάγκης ὥδε …
Appianus of Alexandria, Hannibalic War 1.4: … ὶ κρύους, τὴν μὲν ὕλην τέμνων τε καὶ κατακαίων, τὴν δὲ τέφραν σβεννὺς ὕδατι καὶ ὄξει, καὶ τὴν πέτραν ἐκ τοῦδε ψαφαρὰν γιγνομένην σφύραις σιδηραῖς θραύων, καὶ ὁδὸν ποιῶν ἣ καὶ νῦν ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρῶν ἐντριβὴς καὶ καλεῖται δίοδος …