ψάδδα

• (accusative singular, probably corrupted) άδδαν (áddan)

Unknown. Only attested in Hesychius.

Possibly related to ψαθυρός (psathurós, “friable, crumbling”).

ψάδδα • (psádda) f (genitive ψάδδης); first declension

1. (hapax legomenon) cinnabar

   Synonym: κιννάβαρι (kinnábari)

   • [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Ψ:

     ψάδδα· ἡ κινάβαρις

     psádda; hē kinábaris

     psádda: cinnabar]

• Hesychius also attests a form άδδαν, which is glossed with the accusative form τὴν κιννάβαριν (tḕn kinnábarin, “cinnabar”). This is probably a corruption of *ψάδδαν,^[1] but does show that this word belongs to the first-declension.

• “ψάδδα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ψ