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181
Χέδροπας
legumes
[Meaning] pulses. And in the [nominative] singular [it is] "legume" (xe/droy), a pulse. Thus Thucydides [sc. uses this word].
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182
Χεζητιῶν
shit-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 …
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183
Χέζομεν
we shit
[Meaning] we are fined/penalized. Aristophanes [writes]: "we give [contributions]: if not, we get stomped by the old man and we shit eight times as much." Meaning many times as much. The meaning [is] that …
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184
Χεθέντος
spread
[Meaning] widened.
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185
Χελιδόνας
chelidon; Chelidon
A 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; …
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186
Χελιδόνιον μέλος
swallow's song
[Meaning that] of the swallow. Her voice is not a lamentation, but a commendatory and hortatory song directed toward actions. For this reason during winter [the swallow] neither flies nor cries.
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187
Χελιδόνων μουσεῖα
swallows' museums
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who do foreign and barbarian things. For the [term] 'swallow' [is] applied to barbarians; for it implies 'Thracian swallow'. And in what follows: "where the swallow …
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188
Χελιδόνων φάρμακον
swallows' drug, swallows' potion
In Hipponax [this means] the love-charm that is applicable whenever someone first sees a swallow.
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189
Χελώνας
tortoises
"You will think tortoises blessed for their shell". Because of the wasps' sting.
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190
Χελώνη
tortoise
[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, …
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191
Χελώνη μυιῶν
a 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 …
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192
Χελώνης κρέα φαγεῖν
to eat the flesh of a tortoise
See under 'either one should eat the flesh of a tortoise [or not eat it]'.
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193
Χελωνίδος
doorway's, of a doorway
[Meaning] of the threshold of the door.
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194
Χελύνη
lip
[Meaning specifically] the upper lip. "A Median arrow planted itself in his upper lip." And elsewhere: "... man standing by man, biting his [sc. upper] lip in anger."
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195
Χέλυς
chelus
A kithara. Also [sc. attested is] the tortoise, the shell-backed [creature].
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196
Χέμετλα
chilblains
[sc. formed] like xe/rniba ['hand-bath'].
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197
Χέω
I pour
[Used] with an accusative.
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198
Χεράδος
shingle
The material with shards [and] stones.
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199
Χερεκράτης
Cherekrates
and Cherondas [are spelled] with an epsilon.
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200
Χέρρεως
[wall] of Cherris
A particular fortress. "For by the swiftness of his feet Indakos ran in a single [day] from the wall of Cherris into Antioch".
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201
Χερείων
worse, inferior
[Meaning] worst [or, very bad].
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202
Χέρρη
Cherre
Name of a city.
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203
Χέρηες
inferior men
[no gloss]
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204
Χέρης
Cheres, Kheres
[genitive] *xe/rhtos: a proper name.
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Χεριφυρέα
hand-kneaded
"[o] Phoebus [...] receive this hand-kneaded feast of a barley loaf from the sailors." In the Epigrams.
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206
Χερμαδίῳ
with a stone
[Meaning] with a rock that fills the hand. "Not even the blow of stones thrust you back, nor the cloud of arrows." Also [sc. attested is] xerma/dos, [meaning] of a rock that fills the …
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207
Χερμαστήρ
stone-slinger
[Meaning] a sling. "Stretching the well-twisted arms of [my] leather stone-slinger."
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208
Χερνῆτις
laboring-woman
A widow, one who makes her living from [the work of] her hands, living by handiwork. "[...] he sneaked away at dusk with the laborers who were going out to the fields." Also [sc. …
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209
Χερνίβα
hand-bath
[Meaning] water. Aristophanes says: "bring the basket and the hand-bath."
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210
Χέρνιβα
hand-bath
Proparoxytone by analogy, but paroxytone in the poets. And elsewhere: "they killed those who were washing their hands and were at the very altars."
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