Lewis & Short

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.