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high135

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Medium25

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Jennifer Benedict71
David Whitehead40
Catharine Roth7
Roger Travis4
Ross Scaife ✝3
Joseph Wrightson2

7 more

William Hutton2
Alan Sommerstein1
D. Graham J. Shipley1
Ioannis Doukas1
Katina Ball1

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χ4Χαΐαgenuine, fine, trueMeaning good. From the [verb] to gape. Aristophanes [writes]: "she is fine [...], and what is more, Corinthian". That is, a prostitute. Since Corinth was full of prostitutes.highshort
χ5Χάλαζαhail, 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 …highmedium
χ6Χαλαζᾷis hailingi.e. is loose. "If he is hailing in the arse". But this is a disease of animals, which escapes notice while they are living, but becomes apparent when they are dead and cut up. …high

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χ7Χαλαράloose [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."highshort

χ20Χαλεπωτάτους λόγουςmost 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 …highshort

χ25Χάλιξpebble[Meaning a] small stone.highshort

χ42Χαλκιδίζεινto Chalkidize[To Chalkidize] and to be Chalkidian. In reference to those who are being stingy. Also [sc. attested is] to phikidize, in reference to pederasty; since among them sexual acts between males were customary. But …highshort

χ44Χαλκιδῖτιςcopper-girl, penny-prostitute[Meaning] a whore in Josephus. [So called] from the cheapness of the coin given.highshort

χ46ΧαλκίοικοςBronze-House, of the Bronze House; Chalkioikos[An epithet of] Athena in Sparta. [The term arose] either because she has a bronze house; or because it is a solid one; or because exiles from Chalkis [Myth, Place] in Euboia founded it.highshort

χ47Χαλκίοισιbronzes"We use wretched [bronzes], struck only the other day in the worst of stamps." They used to speak of 'bronzes' like 'golds' in form, bronze-fashioned. Bad currency is being referred to thus, the gold …highmedium

χ51Χαλκοκρότωνbrazen-hoofed[Meaning] brazen-footed. That is, having strong hooves; for what happens is that the ground resonates and rings out, hammered by the feet of the horses.highshort

χ75Χαμεύνηground-sleeper[Meaning] he who makes his bed on the ground. Also [sc. attested is] a feminine form xameu/nh ["cot"], [meaning] a low couch. Aristophanes [writes]: "certainly [I would] not [put down rushes] on my cot, …highshort

χ82ΧάονεςChaones; ChaoniansAn 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 …highshort

χ83Χάοςchaos, spaceAlso 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] …highshort

χ84ΧάοςChaosAristophanes [writes]: "First was Chaos, Night, black Erebus, and broad Tartarus. There was neither earth, nor air, nor heaven. Black-winged Night begat the first wind-egg in the boundless bosom of Erebus. And after the …highmedium

χ86Χαράδραcharadra, ravine[Meaning a] trench full of dirt, [something] dangerous, having no water. Aristophanes [writes]: "it had the destructive voice of a ravine that has given birth." In the Epigrams: "whenever he searched it out among …highshort

χ90Χαραδριόςcharadrios, ploverA bird, which people suffering from jaundice look at, as the story goes, and easily get over the disease. Hence people who are selling them hide them so that those who are sick will …highmedium

χ93Χαράκωμαstockade[Meaning] the [construction] which some used to build round a camp, for safety. So Demosthenes [sc. uses the word]. And Menander [says] "for many left the palisade and were sacking the villages".highshort

χ96Χάραξpalisade; stakeIn the masculine [it means] an army camp. "The Greeks consider this to be the best stake, one which has the most and the largest projections around its base; whereas amongst Romans stakes have …highshort

χ97Χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελονa stake (deceived) the vine[sc. A proverbial phrase used] when something being preserved is harmed by the thing preserving it.highshort

χ103ΧάριενpleasantAttic [speakers] send [the accent] two [syllables] back; the common [dialect puts it] before one [syllable]. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "if there is anything bright and lovely or pleasant in the eyes of men, …highshort

χ105Χαριεντίζεις καὶ καταπαίζεις ἡμῶν καὶ βωμολοχεύῃyou jest and make fun of us and would play tricksDamascius [writes]: "we are likely to have become the butt of the same jokes of the elegant people."highshort

χ106Χαριεντιζόμενοιjesting[Meaning they who are] being witty, making jokes. Thus Aristophanes [sc. uses the word].highshort

χ115ΧαρινάδηςCharinadesA proper name. This man was sluggish. And [sc. thereby arose] a proverb: 'Charinades is better than you at walking'. In reference to those making slow progress.highshort

χ116ΧαριξένηCharixeneSimple and stupid [was] Charixene, a courtesan. Aristophanes [writes]: "for the present time is not the era of Charixene".highshort

χ119Χαρίσασθαιto grant favorsMeaning to make prosper. "[She] grants favors to few." In Aristophanes in Knights.highshort

χ120Χάρισι καὶ Ἀφροδίτῃ ξύντροφος ἡ διαλλαγήreconciliation is companion to the Graces and to AphroditeThat is, peace [is]. Because marriages and festivals are held in time of peace.highshort

χ121Χαρίσιονfavor[Meaning a] thank-offering. "Let these things be recorded in my name, [sc. as one] rendering small favors in return for great." Also [sc. attested is] xari/sioi ["favor-cakes"], a type of cake. Aristophanes [writes] in …highshort

χ127Χαρίτων θρύμμαGraces' crumbAn adornment.highshort

χ130Χάρμαdelight[Meaning] joy, pleasure. Polybius [writes]: "delight and grief came over his heart at the same time."highshort

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