foam, chaff
Ancient Greek word, found 26 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 4.426: κυρτὸν ἐὸν κορυφοῦται, ἀποπτύει δʼ ἁλὸς ἄχνην·
Homer, Odyssey 5.403: δεινὸν ἐρευγόμενον, εἴλυτο δὲ πάνθʼ ἁλὸς ἄχνῃ·
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.570: λευκὴ καχλάζοντος ἀνέπτυε κύματος ἄχνη.
All forms of ἄχνη