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Χῶνος · casting-pot (χ 431) · 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 χ431

χ427to heap heaps
χ428Chomisdaites
χ429Chonai
χ430I cast a mould
χ431casting-pot
χ432chôxungios
χ433chôxumpotês, and the fellow-drinker
χ434vexed
χ435region, territory

Suda/Χ chi/χ431

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Χῶνος

casting-pot

Translated by Jennifer Benedict3 Apr 2008Vetting: high6 revisions

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1 note · 10 words

Translation

[Meaning] a melting-pot. Also [sc. attested is] xw=nes, [meaning] casters.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χῶνος· τὸ χωνεῖον. καὶ Χῶνες, οἱ χωνευταί.

Betacode

*xw=nos: to\ xwnei=on. kai\ *xw=nes, oi( xwneutai/.

Notes (1)

See also Lexicum Ambrosianum 409 and 410.
*xwnei=on in the gloss is used here for xwneuth/rion.
See LSJ s.v. xwnei=on (web address 1); also chi 363 and chi 430 for related words.
1Better-attested in upper case, Chones, as an (Italian) ethnikon.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

χ429ΧῶναιChonai χ430ΧωνεύωI cast a mould χ431Χῶνοςcasting-pot χ432Χωξύγγιοςchôxungios χ433Χὠξυμπότηςchôxumpotês, and the fellow-drinker

Revision history6 revisions · last 17 Jun 2023

17 Jun 2023upgraded link — Catharine Roth
13 Nov 2013another note — David Whitehead
3 Apr 2008betacode cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
3 Apr 2008another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
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3 Apr 2008Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Χῶνος (Adler number chi 431), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 3 Apr 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/431

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