ψωχός

Apparently from the root of ψάω (psáō, “to rub, crumble away”) and/or ψήχω (psḗkhō, “to rub down, wear away”).

ψωχός • (psōkhós) m or f

1. sandy

Found only in Hesychius of Alexandria’s lexicon, where the entry ψωχὸς γῆ (psōkhòs gê) is glossed ψαμμώδης (psammṓdēs, “sandy”).

• ψωχός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ψωχὸς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press