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ăphē, v. haphe.

† hăphē (aphē), ēs, f., = ἁφή (a touching, handling; hence), the yellow sand with which wrestlers, after being anointed, were sprinkled.

  1. I. Lit.: flavescit haphe, Mart. 7, 67, 5.
  2. II. Transf., the dust of a road, Sen. Ep. 57, 1.

Ăphĕsās, antos, m., = Ἀφέσας, a mountain in Peloponnesus, near Nemea, now Fouka, Stat. Th. 3, 460 (in Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 17, called Apesantus, Jan).