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Catharine Roth43
Ross Scaife ✝14
Ioannis Doukas8
Roger Travis8

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Marcelo Boeri7
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝5
Constantina Katsari4
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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
χ122ΧαριστίωνοςCharistion's; of CharistionA proper name.highshort
χ123Χάριταςfavors; Graces[Meaning] privileges, kindnesses. "He sent Theodorus to promise favors, in return for the fact that he had honored the greatest emissary of the Romans to the utmost." Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: 'the …high

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favor

[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…

Χαρίσιον· χαριστήριον. ταῦτα ἀναγεγράφθω μοι, χαρίσια ὀλίγα ἀντὶ πολλῶν ἀποδιδόντι. καὶ Χαρίσιοι, πλακοῦντος εἶδος. Ἀριστοφάνης Δαιταλεῦσι· πέμψω παλλακαῖς ἑσπέρας χαρισίους.

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D. Graham J. Shipley

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Joseph Wrightson3

William Hutton3

William Hutton3

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Charlie Brooks2

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Claudia Mársico2

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Oliver Phillips ✝2

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Alan Sommerstein1

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Andrew Morrison1

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Carl Widstrand1

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Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas1

Mary Pendergraft1

Mary Pendergraft1

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χ124ΧάριταςGraces, favorsThey describe [the] Graces as naked, because favors should be given freely.highshort

χ125ΧαριτένηςCharitenesA proper name.highshort

χ126Χαριτίαjest, joke[Meaning] amusement.highshort

χ127Χαρίτων θρύμμαGraces' crumbAn adornment.highshort

χ128Χαρίτων καὶ ΜελάνιπποςChariton and MelanipposSee under 'Anteros'.highshort

χ129ΧαρίτωνCharitonA proper name.highshort

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

χ131Χάρμηeagerness for battle, joy in battle[Meaning] battle.highshort

χ132ΧάρμοςCharmus, Charmos, Kharmos[It is on record] that Charmus of Syracuse used to utter little verses and proverbs for every one of the dishes served at his banquets. Clearchus of Soli calls the poem Deipnology, others Opsology, …highshort

χ133Χαροπόςbright, glassy, blue-grey[Meaning] exceedingly glad, beautiful-eyed.highshort

χ134ΧάροψCharops, KharopsDeclines [in the genitive] Charopos.highshort

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

χ137ΧάρωνCharonof Carthage, a historian. He wrote Tyrants of Europe and Asia, Lives of Famous Men (in 4 volumes), Lives of Women (likewise in four).highshort

χ138ΧάρωνCharon, KharonOf Naukratis, a historian. [He wrote] Priests in Alexandria and in Egypt and the events under the tenure of each, Kings of each people from earliest times and [On] Naukratis, and others works about …highshort

χ139ΧαρώνδαςCharondas, KharondasA proper name.highshort

χ140Χαρώνειος θύραCharon's doorOne door of the prison, through which the condemned were led to their death. And Aristophanes in Wealth [says]: "Charon [Author, Myth] is giving you the token". Meaning you are about to die.highshort

χ141Χαρτάdelightful [things][Meaning ones] worthy of delight. "A mark of good sense [is] the discernment of [sc. the difference between things] delightful and grievous."highshort

χ142Χαρτόνjoyful [thing]Sophocles [writes]: "I bid the herald, appearing after a long time, joyful welcome -- if you indeed bring anything joyful."highshort

χ143Χαρτοφυλάκιονdocument-caseThe [nouns formed] from the [verb] fula/ssw ["I guard, keep safe"] are all written with an iota and are proparoxytone; such as document-case, warehouse [skeuofula/kion] and [words] like these -- except for sitofulakei=on ["granary"] …highshort

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

χ145Χασσάμενοςhaving given ground[Meaning he] having withdrawn. Homer [says]: "and having given ground [Thoas] was shaken". While withdrawing they used to shake the spears which were stuck in the shield, in order that they would be scattered.highshort

χ146Χασμᾷyou are gaping[Meaning] you are thinking lofty thoughts, you have your mind on other things. Also [sc. attested is] xaska/zeis ["you are gawking"]. Aristophanes [writes]: "you are gawking at the treasurer." Also [sc. attested is] "you …highshort

χ147Χάσμασινgaping mouths"The Parthians used to fasten the heads of wild animals to their helmets and use the gaping mouths of the wild animals."highshort

χ148Χαυλιόδωνtusked[Meaning one] having protruding loosened teeth. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'tusked animals', [meaning] those displaying their teeth outside [sc. their mouths], like the blind mole rat, the elephant, and anything else [like …highshort

χ149Χαῦνονvast[Meaning something] tall; or broad and large; for vast [places] are spread out wide. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "[a name taken] from the lofty regions, something totally vast."highshort

χ150Χαυνοπολίταςgaping-citizens[Meaning them] gaping about the government, or the city.highshort

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