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Χαβρίας
Khabrias,Chabrias
A proper name.
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Χαΐα
genuine, fine, true
Meaning 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.
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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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Χαλαζᾷ
is hailing
i.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. …
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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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Χαλάσαι
to loosen
[Meaning] to be untied, to be slackened. "[that] water falling out of the sky loosened the [bow-]strings of the foreigners, softened the horns of the bows, and took away the force and accuracy of …
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Χαλαστραῖον
chalastraion, Chalastra-soda
[Meaning] nitre. [Named after] Chalastra, the lake in Macedonia.
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Χαλβάνη
all-heal
An ointment effective for horses.
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Χαλδαῖοι
Chaldaeans
Name of a people, exact in their knowledge of astronomy.
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Χαλδίνη
Chaldine
Name of a city.
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Χαλαίστρα
Chalaistra, Chalaestra, Chalastra
A city.
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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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Χαλεπὸν χορίου κύνα γεύειν
[it is] dangerous when a dog tastes [the] afterbirth
The covering of the foetus is called afterbirth [chorion]. Once the dogs have tasted this they scheme against the foetuses too, because of greed.
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Χαλεπώτατον
very difficult
Aristotle says in the second [book] of Topica: converting an appropriate name derived from an accidental [is] very difficult. One would say very difficult because it is not simple nor readily done, as in …
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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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Χαλίκρητος ποτός
neat drink
[Meaning] one slackening [xalw=n] the wits. Or by removal of the chi, in order that it would be, having enough unmixed [a(/lis a)/kraton]; that is, wine. Also [sc. attested is] xalikrh/tw| ['in/with a pure' …
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Χαλίμα
loose woman
[Meaning] a prostitute. [The term comes] from loosening [xala=sqai] the body as a result of drink, or of madness.
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Χαλινός
bit, bridle
[Meaning] bit/rein.
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Χάλιξ
pebble
[Meaning a] small stone.
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Χάλις
chalis
A kind of wine. And the dative [is] chalei.
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Χαλίφρονος
of a light-minded
[Meaning] of a thoughtless.
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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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Χαλκεῶνα
smithy
[Meaning] a forge.
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Χαλκεύς
smith
[Meaning] anyone who makes an artefact of copper/bronze; also a goldsmith.
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Χαλκεῖα
Chalkeia, Bronzes
A festival at Athens, which some call Athenaia; but others [call it] Pandemos [Whole People], because it is observed by all.
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Χαλκεῖα
Chalkeia, Bronzes
An ancient [sc. Athenian] festival popular long ago, but subsequently observed by the craftsmen only, because Hephaestus worked bronze in Attica. It is on the last day of [the] month Pyanepsion; also the day …
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Χαλκεῖα
Chalkeia, Bronzes
A festival among Athenians, celebrated on the last day of [the month] Pyanepsion, for craftsmen in general and bronze-smiths in particular, as Apollonius says. But Phanodemus maintains that the festival is celebrated not for …
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Χαλκεῖον
forge, smithy
[The place] in which [sc. bronze-]smiths work. But 'Dodonian bronze' has two senses.
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Χαλκηδόνιοι
Chalkedonians, Chalcedonians
[Those] from the city of Chalkedon/Chalcedon.
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Χαλκιδεύς
Chalkideus
A proper name.
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