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. HP1.11.2, al., OGI55.15 (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.
IV. small kind of diamond, Plin.HN37.57.