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David Whitehead8
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Ross Scaife ✝3
William Hutton2

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Catharine Roth1
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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
χ16Χαλεπὰ τὰ καλάexcellent 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 …highmedium
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 …

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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 the air, above the…

Χάλαζα· νέφος πεπηγὸς καὶ ὑπὸ πνεύματος διρρυφθὲν καὶ κατενεχθέν. χιὼν δὲ ὑγρόν, ἐκ νέφους πεπηγός. Χάλαζαι· δʹ εἰσὶ πήξεις τῆς ἐν τῷ ἀέρι ὑδατώδους ὑγρότητος ὑπὲρ γῆν μὲν ἄνω,…

gender and sexuality

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χ79ΧαναάνCanaanA 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 …highmedium

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

χ85Χαράjoy[Meaning] pleasure, cheerfulness, delight. Some say that the same thing is signified by these words, as far as the underlying concept is concerned. But Prodicus tried to assign a particular signification to each of …highmedium

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

χ95ΧάραξCharaxOf 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 …highmedium

χ135ΧάρωνCharon[Synonymous with] death. And queries and announcements associated with his ferrying come from Charon [Author, Myth]: "Who [is going] to a rest from evils (toils) and troubles?" "Who [is going] to the Plain of …highmedium

χ136ΧάρωνCharon, KharonOf Lampsakos; son of Pythokles; lived during the reign of the first [King] Dareios, in the 79th Olympiad; but rather in the time of the Persian Wars, the 75th Olympiad. A historian, he wrote …highmedium

χ144ΧάρυβδιςCharybdisIt sucks up the sea around Gadeira and furiously spirals around again. It is said that it all leads down to chaos and destruction. Priscus says about Charybdis: "They sail by Sicily in front …highmedium

χ162Χαίρεινcheers, hail, take joyThis is a greeting of those who are leaving or even arriving; it is placed at the beginning of letters. "Cheers", a salutation. Some consider it to be placed late in letters; in this …highmedium

χ171ΧαιριδεῖςChairideis[Meaning those] educated from [= by] Chairis. Or practising [sc. with him]. Chairis [was] an uncultured Theban piper. So Attic [writers] say Chairideis from Chairis and peristerideis from peristera\ ['dove']. This man used to …highmedium

χ175ΧαίρωνChairon, ChaeronA Spartan, who went on an embassy to Rome; a man both intelligent and practical, but young and of humble origins with a commonplace level of education. This man, pandering to the mob and …highmedium

χ182Χεζητιῶνshit-wishing[Meaning someone] wanting to shit. Aristophanes [writes]: "when some Patrokleides of you happens to be shit-wishing, he would not have let it out into his cloak, but would fly off, and farting and catching …highmedium

χ185Χελιδόναςchelidon; ChelidonA sort of fish. Chelidon is also a name for the [sc. sexual] part of women; and the hollow of the hoof of horses; some also [apply it to] the same part of dogs; …highmedium

χ190Χελώνηtortoise[Meaning] the terrestrial animal, the shell-back; also the marine one; also the name of a battle formation; also a military fashion, from which there are 'tortoise sheds', siege machine, and rams. The Thessalian women, …highmedium

χ191Χελώνη μυιῶνa tortoise [uncaring] of flies[sc. a proverbial phrase] in reference to those who think little of someone/something. Also [sc. attested is] 'to a tortoise'. "You think your frankness is 'worth four obols', as the saying goes. You do …highmedium

χ245ΧειρίζωI handle[I handle] always. Also [sc. attested is] kexeiroko/tes ["they having handled"]. Candidus the historian says that Leo the Butcher, who was emperor after Marcian, spent countless funds in his campaign against the Vandals. For, …highmedium

χ280Χημείαalchemy[Meaning] the preparation of silver and gold. Diocletian sought out and burned books about this. [It is said] that due to the Egyptians' revolting behavior Diocletian treated them harshly and murderously. After seeking out …highmedium

χ302ΧιβούλδιοςChilboudios, ChilbudiusThis man was from the household of the emperor Justinian, extremely efficient at matters of war, but above material things to such an extent that instead of a large acquisition in his estate he …highmedium

χ303Χιλήfodder[Meaning] food. Also [sc. attested is] xilo/s, masculine, [also meaning] food. Xenophon [writes]: "the herds were all fed indoors with fodder." "[...] through their own country, where there was fodder and water for horses." …highmedium

χ306Χιλιοστύςchiliostys[The term for] a thousand [sc. fighting-]men. "The Indians had battle-standards in each case and other traditional [signifiers] of their clans; and for each chiliostys of the cavalry a serpent was carried stretched out …highmedium

χ317Χιώνsnow"The whiteness of snow is an abstract phenomenon. For it is composed out of a cloud coagulating and freezing, happening through an excess of cold and with an accompanying wind, which out of necessity …highmedium

χ320Χιτώνchiton, tunicA man's garment. "And a sleeved short tunic [xitwni/skos xeiridwto/s], such as befits a slave boy." A chiton, therefore, is a lightweight garment, an undershirt; [the word is derived] from the fact that it …highmedium

χ326ΧθονίαundergroundMeaning [one which is] shadowy. In the tenth [book] of Republic [Plato writes]: "that he will not travel an underground and harsh [path], but an easy and heavenly one." For he uses "easy" to …highmedium

χ328Χθονίας βροντάςearth-shaking thunderclaps"Celebrate [his] earth-shaking thunderclaps". Meaning sing a hymn. "Earth-shaking" [meaning] frightening. For they trace the genealogy of all terrible things to the earth. But others [see this as thunderclaps] that bring about a loud …highmedium

χ333ΧλαμύςchlamysNuma, the first king of the Romans, when he received an embassy of the Isaurians and observed their type of apparel, borrowing from them invented the wearing of the chlamys, uniting royalty with the …highmedium

χ340Χλιδήluxury[Meaning] daintiness, laxity, and softness. It is said [to derive] from the [verb] e)xlia/nqai ["to have been warmed"]. Xenophon [writes]: "we have not been reared in luxury, but in rustic fashion." And elsewhere: "and …highmedium

χ342Χλίδοςslime, sludgeDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Kallikles on Damage to a Plot [writes]: "and then throwing out the slime into the road, the result of which was that he made the road itself higher and …highmedium

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