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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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Χαλαστραῖον
chalastraion, Chalastra-soda
[Meaning] nitre. [Named after] Chalastra, the lake in Macedonia.
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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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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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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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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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Χαλίσεια
Chaliseia, Chalisia
[no gloss]
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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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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
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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Χαλκιδίζειν
to 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 …
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Χαλκιδικὸν δίωγμα
Chalkidian pursuit, Chalcidian pursuit
At the Thesmophoria [festival] at Athens [there was] a certain ritual [commemorating an occasion when] in wartime the women had prayed that the enemy be pursued, and what happened was that they were expelled …
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Χαλκίοικος
Bronze-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.
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Χαλκολίβανον
Lebanese bronze, incense-bronze
A kind of electrum, more costly than gold. Electrum is a kind of gold combined with glass and stone. The holy table of the Great Church was also made of such a combination.
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Χαλκώδων
Chalkodon, Chalcodon
[no gloss]
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Χάλος
Chalos, Chalus
A river, one plethron [= 100 feet] wide, full of large, tame fish.
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Χαλύβοις
Chalybes, Chalyboi
A people of Scythia, from where iron originated. And Lycophron [writes]: "shattered by a Chaly[b]dican sword". Also [sc. attested is] chalyps ["steel"], [meaning] iron. In the Epigrams: "and steel harsh [and] reed-devouring."
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Χαλυβώνιος οἶνος
Chalybonian wine
[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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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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