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Χαβρίας
Khabrias,Chabrias
A proper name.
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Χαγάνος
Khagan, Khan
This man was...
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Χαγάνος
Khagan, Khan
"The Khagan was giving his oaths to the [winds] to carry and, lifting up the trumpet dear to war, he gathered his forces together."
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Χάλαζα
hail, hailstorm
[Meaning] cloud, frozen and tossed through the air by the wind and carried down to earth. But snow [is] moisture, frozen out of a cloud. Hailstorms: they are freezings of the moisture overhead in …
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Χαλαρά
loose [ones], open [ones]
[Meaning] slack [ones]. "I imagine you like to wear loose shoes." "And his heart was open and gentle to those in need, even to someone of those men who were opposed to him."
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Χαλάσω τὴν ἱερὰν ἄγκυραν
I will loose the holy anchor
An anchor [features in this phrase] figuratively from ships, [meaning] safety. So Sophocles in Phaedra and Euripides in Hecuba [also use it]. [It is called] holy [meaning that it is] a large [anchor or] …
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Χαλδαϊκοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασι
Chaldean rituals
As Proclus was puzzled by Isidore's imitations of birds and their voices and sounds sometimes during the Chaldean rituals, he himself demonstrated the way of imitation of the fluttering of other [birds including] sparrows …
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Χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά
excellent things are difficult
[sc. It is on record that] as Pittakos was laying aside his authority, he said to those who were amazed, "It is difficult to be noble." [Also that] Solon, recognizing his weakness, said, "Excellent …
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Χαλεπαίνει
is vexed
[Used] with a dative. [Meaning he/she/it] is antagonised, is enraged. "More of the Romans fell, and Trajan was vexed at what had happened". And elswhere: "because of often having seen him before, he recognised …
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Χαλεπωτάτους λόγους
most difficult words, very difficult words
[Meaning ones] able to deceive. Candidus [writes]: "having picked out the more difficult men and assigned public [monies?] to them he persuaded them as a result of this even to yield to the governors …
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Χάλκεος
brazen
[Meaning] strong, firm. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'in a brazen jar'. Homer [writes]: "in a brazen jar was he bound for thirteen months." That is, with a bond strong and indissoluble. Alternatively …
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Χαλκευτής
smith
"This dust covers Pindar, the Pierian trumpet, the mighty smith of holy hymns."
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Χαλκιδεύς
Chalkideus
A proper name.
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Χαλκώδων
Chalkodon, Chalcodon
[no gloss]
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Χὰμ σκηνώματα
Ham's quarters
[Meaning] Egypt. Since Mesrem was the son of Ham, Egypt [is] "Mesrem." That which today is called "Meser".
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Χαμαιεύρετος
found-on-the-ground
"He found me found-on-the-ground and reared me."
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Χαμώς
Chamos, Chemosh
He was a god of [the] Tyrians or the Ammonites, just as Astarte [was] a goddess of [the] Sidonians, [sc. both of] whom Solomon served.
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Χαναάν
Canaan
A proper name. And out of it [comes] Canaanites. "Moses spent 40 years until his death with the chosen people, and he left behind Joshua the son of Nun as his successor, who took …
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Χανδόν
gapingly
[Meaning] continuously, untrustworthily, insatiably, graspingly. To drink gapingly. "But Eutropius sucking in every opportunity and chance, immoderately and gapingly, and taking his fill and busybodying, so that a father would not escape his notice …
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Χάονες
Chaones; Chaonians
An Epirote people. Aristophanes [writes]: "his ass-hole is exactly over the Chaonians." Since Geres was also being accused of effeminacy. And elsewhere Aristophanes [writes]: "it's not possible to elude the Paphlagonian. For he sees …
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Χάος
chaos, space
Also the air, in Aristophanes in Birds: "you shall not grant passage to the smell of the [sc. burning sacrificial] thighs through your foreign city and the space." Also [sc. attested in the phrase] …
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Χαρακτῆρες
characters
"[Characters] of expressive speeches [are] lofty, plain, [and] intermediate. Thucydides favoured the lofty, as suited to his own nature."
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Χάραξ
Charax
Of Pergamum, a priest and philosopher. I found in an ancient book the following epigram about him: "I am Charax, a priest from the venerable heights of Pergamum, where once Telephus, blameless son of …
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Χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελον
a stake (deceived) the vine
[sc. A proverbial phrase used] when something being preserved is harmed by the thing preserving it.
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Χάραξος
Charaxos, Charaxus, Kharaxos
The brother of Sappho.
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Χάρητος ὑποσχέσεις
Chares' promises
Chares, an Athenian general, is said to have been both prompt and very eager when it came to his promises. Hence the proverb applies to those making promises glibly.
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Χαρίδημος
Charidemos, Charidemus
A proper name.
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Χαριεστέρους
more satisfactory
[Meaning] more esteemed, fitter-looking. Eunapius [writes]: "Procopius, having inducted the more satisfactory men, was converging through Phrygia upon the Emperor Valens."
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Χαριέττων
Charietton
A proper name.
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Χαρίζεσθαι
to indulge, to please, to pleasure
In common usage [this verb is used] as the majority [use it], but specifically [it is used] in reference to sex acts, or for submitting to someone in word. "Whether it is necessary to …
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