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history100
trade and manufacture92

32 more

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zoology90
science and technology87
poetry83
military affairs76
economics68
medicine65
food64
women61
philosophy57
gender and sexuality56
mythology56

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Χ chi623

Vetting status

high623

Length

Short566
Medium56
Long1

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Jennifer Benedict286
David Whitehead214
Catharine Roth43
Ross Scaife ✝14
Ioannis Doukas8
Roger Travis8

22 more

Marcelo Boeri7
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝5
Constantina Katsari4
Gabriel Bodard4
Andrea Consogno3

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χ151ΧαύνωσινmystificationThat is, a refutation of lawsuits. "How would this man ever learn evasion of a lawsuit, or a summons, or persuasive mystification?" 'Summons': that is, testimony; 'mystification' [is] a refutation of lawsuits; 'persuasive' [is] …highshort
χ152Χαυῶναςchauones[Meaning] barley loaves mixed with olive-oil; or roasted vegetables.highshort
χ153Χαιόςcrook[Meaning] a staff.highshort

χ151

Χαύνωσιν

mystification

That is, a refutation of lawsuits. "How would this man ever learn evasion of a lawsuit, or a summons, or persuasive mystification?" 'Summons': that is, testimony; 'mystification' [is] a refutation of lawsuits;…

Χαύνωσιν· τουτέστι λύσιν τῶν δικῶν. πῶς ἂν μάθοι πόθ' οὗτος ἀπόφευξιν δίκης ἢ κλῆσιν ἢ χαύνωσιν ἀναπειστηρίαν; κλῆσιν τουτέστιν μαρτυρίαν, χαύνωσιν λύσιν τῶν δικῶν, ἀναπειστηρίαν…

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Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas1

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χ154ΧαιρέαςChaireas, ChaereasA proper name.

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χ155Χαιρέκακοςone who rejoices in [another's] misfortune[no gloss]highshort

χ156Χαίρεινlet him say goodbye to talking rubbish[Meaning] let him blush at talking nonsense. Also [sc. attested is] "to rejoice", [meaning] to moan, to groan.highshort

χ157Χαῖρε φίλον φῶςfarewell dear lightWhen a woman wants to misbehave and puts out the lamp, this, they say, is what she says. But others [specify] a bad woman, others an old one.highshort

χ158ΧαιρεφῶνChairephon, ChaerephonAthenian, from the deme Sphettos, philosopher, disciple of Socrates.highshort

χ159ΧαιρεφῶνChairephon, ChaerephonChairephon [was] one of the closest acquaintances of Socrates. None of his writings seem to be preserved. For he appears to have been very rude to and hated by his brother. And Xenophon says …highshort

χ160ΧαιρεφῶνChairephon, Chairephon[A name] applied to pale and withered men. And [there is] a saying: 'you will differ in no way from Chairephon'. Inasmuch as he has been immersed in wisdom. Hence he was also called …highshort

χ161Χαίρειν[to bid] farewell[Meaning] to bewail, to groan.highshort

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

χ163Χαίρεινto say 'hello'Just like birds, [which] learn these things from men. Birds exclaim "hello!" and "good luck!" and "[May] Zeus [be] sweet!" and these sorts of things, neither knowing what they are saying nor being well-disposed …highshort

χ164ΧαίρεινgreetingsTo add 'greetings' to letters [was] the ancient way. Some say that Kleon was the first to do this, but they are wrong.highshort

χ165Χαίρειν εὖ πράττειν πολλὰ φρονεῖνgreetings, do/fare well, be high-minded (?)Words of address. But some [define] xai/rein [as] to bewail, to groan.highshort

χ166ΧαίρεινgreetingsKleon headed [his letters] thus, but Plato [preferred] 'do/fare well', and Epicurus 'live well'.highshort

χ167Χαίρειν εἰπώνsaying 'farewell'Meaning [one who is] leaving behind. "But he came along another road, saying 'farewell' to Missianê."highshort

χ168Χαίρειν ἤν τε βούλησθ' ἤν τε μήto rejoice -- whether you want to or notMeaning in any case. Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. says this]. "[They] saying farewell" [means] [they] departing and dismissing. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "to say 'hail' to you, o fellow citizens, [is] an old and …highshort

χ169Χαιρηδόνοςof joyfulnessOf joy. Accented like a)lghdo/nos ["of painfulness"]; for as from a)lgw= ["I am in pain"], future a)lgh/sw ["I will be in pain"] [comes] a)lghdw/n, [genitive] a)lghdo/nos ["painfulness"], so from xairh/sw ["I will rejoice"] [comes] …highshort

χ170ΧαιρήμωνChairemon, ChaeremonA comic poet. His plays are as follows: Wounded Man, as Athenaeus says, and Oineus and Alphesiboia and Centaur and Dionysos and Odysseus and Thyestes and Minyai. [There is] also another [sc. Chairemon], who …highshort

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

χ172ΧαῖριςChairis, Chaeris, KhairisA kithara-player. Pherecrates, too, mentions him in Savages: "'tell me, who was the worst kithara-player?' 'Peisoumeles was after Meles... Sit still. I know. It was Chairis.'" And [there was] another [Chairis] whom Cratinus mentions …highshort

χ173ΧαίρομαιI am rejoiced"Datis the Persian, who engaged in the practice of Hellenizing, said 'I am rejoiced' [xai/romai] instead of saying 'I rejoice' [xai/rw]. And [that sort of thing] is a Datism."highshort

χ174ΧαίρωI delight, I rejoice[Used] with a dative. The [verb that means] I am glad. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "I rejoice in your coming." Oropicans speak this way. Euripides in Sisyphus [writes]: "I rejoice that you, …highshort

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

χ176ΧαιρώνειαChaironeia, Chaeronea, KhaironeiaA city; also [sc. attested is] Chaironeiates, the citizen [of it]; and Chaironeus, [genitive] Chaironeos.highshort

χ177ΧαιρωνικόνChaironic, Chaeronic[no gloss]highshort

χ178ΧαίρωνοςChairon's, Chaeron's, of Chairon, of ChaeronA proper name.highshort

χ179Χαῖταιtresses[Meaning] hair, locks.highshort

χ180Χαιτήεις ἵπποςflowing-maned horse[Meaning] one growing its mane.highshort

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