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Χαλυβώνιος οἶνος
Chalybonian wine
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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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groundwards
[Meaning] to the ground, into/towards [the] earth. Also [sc. attested is] xama=ze, [also meaning] to the ground.
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Χαμαί
on the ground
[Meaning] on the earth. And [there is] a proverb: 'to draw water on the ground', the equivalent of achieving nothing. Another instance is 'to wash a brick'. Used in reference to things that are …
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Χαμαιευνάδες
ground-sleeping [women]
[Meaning] those who sleep on the ground. Also [sc. attested is] xamaieu/nhs ["ground-sleeper"], [used] likewise.
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Χαμαιεύρετος
found-on-the-ground
"He found me found-on-the-ground and reared me."
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Χαμαίζηλοι
ground-seeking [ones]
[Meaning] lowly [ones]; or [in reference to] hollow chariots. "With ground-seeking wheels turning beneath them."
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Χαμαιζυμήτης ἄρτος
ground-leavened bread
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ζῷον
chamaeleon, chameleon
A creature [of that name], changing into any colour except white.
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Χαμαίλεον
chamaileon
A type of plant. Also [sc. attested is] xamai/mhlon ["ground apple"], a type of plant.
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Χαμαιπέτεια
being thrown to the ground
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] xamaipeth/s, [meaning] one who has been thrown to the ground.
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Χαμαιρρεπές
grovelling
[Meaning something] slinking on the ground.
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Χαμαιτυπεῖον
floor-bangery
[Meaning a] brothel. Also [sc. attested is] 'floor-banger', [meaning] a whore. [So called] from the act of mounting her as she lies on the floor.
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Χαμεταιρίς
floor-girl
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Χαμεύνη
ground-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, …
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Χαμῖτις
ground-trained
A kind of vine.
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Χαμόθεν
from the ground
[Meaning] from the earth.
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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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Χάνοι
might gape
[Meaning he/she/it] might be separated.
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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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Χάος
Chaos
Aristophanes [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 …
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Χαρά
joy
[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 …
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Χαράδρα
charadra, 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 …
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Χαράδραι
ravines
[Meaning] divisions, and splits, and conduits of the earth.
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Χαραδραῖος λέων
ravine lion
[Meaning] one [which lives] in the ravines. Unless it means the Thespian [lion], which was the first one Heracles killed, in Thespiae. That place is called "Ravine" (xara/dra).
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Χαραδρεῶνος
of gullied ground, of ravined ground
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Χαραδριός
charadrios, plover
A 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 …
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