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Χειᾷ · in a hole (χ 224) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near χ224

χ220I want to shit
χ221Chettaians, Chettaeans, Hittites
χ222stream
χ223in streams
χ224in a hole
χ225lip
χ226winter, winter weather, storm
χ227alchemy
χ228in a wintering place

Suda/Χ chi/χ224

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Χειᾷ

in a hole

Translated by Jennifer Benedict27 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

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2 notes · 44 words

Translation

[Meaning] in the hiding-place of serpents.
[It is derived] from xei=sqai ['to be poured (into)'], which is to be contained.¹ "This threshold will hold both [of us]."² For this is the only thing snakes contrive: the containing of the body as into a sheath.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χειᾷ· τῇ τῶν δρακόντων καταδύσει. ἀπὸ τοῦ χεῖσθαι, ὅ ἐστι χωρεῖσθαι. οὐδὸς δ' ἀμφοτέρους ὅδε χείσεται. τοῦτο γὰρ μόνον μηχανῶνται οἱ ὄφεις, τὸ χωρῆσαι τὸ σῶμα ὥσπερ εἰς ἔλυτρον.

Betacode

*xeia=|: th=| tw=n drako/ntwn katadu/sei. a)po\ tou= xei=sqai, o(/ e)sti xwrei=sqai. ou)do\s d' a)mfote/rous o(/de xei/setai. tou=to ga\r mo/non mhxanw=ntai oi( o)/feis, to\ xwrh=sai to\ sw=ma w(/sper ei)s e)/lutron.

Notes (2)

The headword noun is in the dative singular, very probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 22.93 (though the form there is xeih=| in the epic/Ionic dialect; see web address 1 below). See the A and D scholia on that line, Hesychius, Etymologicum Magnum 809.50, and (according to Adler) Lexicum Ambrosianum 175; and further, next note.
1This sentence = scholium A to Homer, Iliad 22.93, whence Etymologicum Magnum 809.52. ↩
2Homer, Odyssey 18.17 (web address 2 below). This line is spoken by Odysseus (disguised as a tramp) to the professional beggar Irus. The entry thus appears to involve two different verbs that begin with chi: xe/w ('pour') and xanda/nw, future xei/somai ('hold', 'contain') -- both glossed with forms of another verb beginning with chi: xwre/w ('make room for', 'contain').

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

χ385Χόλονgall[Meaning] wrath. But [it means] temporary [wrath]. [So called] from the [verb] xei=sqai ["to contain; to pour, heap up"].

Neighbouring entries

χ222Χεῦμαstream χ223Χεύμασιin streams χ224Χειᾷin a hole χ225Χεῖλοςlip χ226Χεῖμαwinter, winter weather, storm

Revision history4 revisions · last 12 May 2023

12 May 2023tweaked note — Catharine Roth
11 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
28 Mar 2008another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
27 Mar 2008augmented note, raised status — William Hutton
27 Mar 2008Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Χειᾷ (Adler number chi 224), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 27 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/224

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗