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Catharine Roth43
Ross Scaife ✝14
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Roger Travis8

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Marcelo Boeri7
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝5
Constantina Katsari4
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χ211Χέρνιβοςhand-bath"I want to justly reproach [both sides] in common, you who sprinkle the altars from a single hand-bath -- just like relatives -- at Olympia, at Pylai, at Pytho; I could name many other …highshort
χ212Χερνίβωνof ewers, of hand-bathsDemosthenes says: "and [him] laying hold of ewers and baskets". [This] might be from the nominative chernips. The comic poets, too, mention the ewer, as something taken along to sacrifices.highshort
χ213Χερνιπτομένουςhand-washing, washing hands[Meaning them] bathing their hands. "They killed those who were washing their hands beside the altars themselves."high

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"I want to justly reproach [both sides] in common, you who sprinkle the altars from a single hand-bath -- just like relatives -- at Olympia, at Pylai, at Pytho; I could name many other places, if I didn't have to keep…

Χέρνιβος· λοιδορεῖσθαι βούλομαι κοινῇ δικαίως, οἳ μιᾶς τε χέρνιβος βωμοὺς περιρραίνοντες ὥσπερ συγγενεῖς, Ὀλυμπιάσιν, ἐν Πύλαις, Πυθοῖ· πόσους εἴποιμ' ἂν ἄλλους, εἴ με μηκύνειν…

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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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Andrew Morrison1

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Carl Widstrand1

Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas1

Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas1

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Mary Pendergraft1

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χ214Χερνιφθένταpurified"[Hair and a hair-pin] purified, along with an ox." Meaning sacrificed. Also [sc. attested is] xerni/yato, [meaning] they washed their hands.highshort

χ215ΧερρόνησοςCherronesos, Chersonesos, ChersoneseA territory of Thrace. Also a city [sc. there] tributary to the Athenians, fertile for growing cereals; hence the Athenians also used to import grain [sc. from it]. [The people] whom Kleon might shake.highshort

χ216Χερουβείμcherubeim, cherubim, cherub, cherubsApplied to singular entities with the diphthong, but to plural things with iota. It is interpreted as "propagated knowledge".highshort

χ217Χερσαῖοςterrestrial[no gloss]highshort

χ218Χερσίαwasteland[Meaning] desert.highshort

χ219ΧεσᾶςshitterProkleides, as Aristophanes says. See under 'wanting to shit'.highshort

χ220ΧεσείωI want to shit[Meaning] I am eager to shit, desiderative of I have [a need] to shit. "As happens to a drinking man, when he wants to shit, I will use your manners just as [I would] …highshort

χ221ΧετταῖοιChettaians, Chettaeans, HittitesName of a people. The Canaanites.highshort

χ222Χεῦμαstream[Meaning a] flow of water.highshort

χ223Χεύμασιin streams[A 'stream' is] a [river-]mouth that has sea on its right and left.highshort

χ224Χειᾷin a hole[Meaning] in the hiding-place of serpents. [It is derived] from xei=sqai ['to be poured (into)'], which is to be contained. "This threshold will hold both [of us]." For this is the only thing snakes …highshort

χ225Χεῖλοςlip[Meaning] the body-part [of that name]. "And the whole earth became one lip." He is speaking about sins.highshort

χ226Χεῖμαwinter, winter weather, storm[*xei=ma means the same as] o( xeimw/n.highshort

χ227Χειμείαalchemy[Meaning] the alchemical process. Look in the [entry] xhmei/a.highshort

χ228Χειμαδίῳ τόπῳin a wintering place[Meaning somewhere] in which someone could lie at anchor in winter.highshort

χ229Χείμαρροςsnow-swollen[*xei/marros and xeima/rrous each means] that which is flowing in the winter. Also [sc. attested as] a proper name. But xi/maros [is] a goat.highshort

χ230Χειμασκήσανταhaving spent the winter drilling"[Scipio] formed an opinion, and considered that the troops would set about their business better having spent the winter drilling".highshort

χ231Χείμεθλονchilblain[Meaning] the wound that arises in winter in the clefts of [= between] the fingers.highshort

χ232Χειμερία ὥραwinter seasonAlso [sc. attested is the verb] xeimeri/zw ["I pass the winter"], [meaning] I spend time in winter. "He used to pass the winter [e)xeime/rizen] at Berekynte." Meaning he used to winter [e)xei/maze] [there].highshort

χ233Χειμερινὸς καιρόςwintry season, wintry time[no gloss]highshort

χ234Χειμὼνwinter[*xeimw/n, genitive] xeimw=nos. Winter is the air above the earth that is frozen because of the departure of the sun. Homer [says]: "they fled winter". [He is speaking] about the cranes. He is referring …highshort

χ235Χειμώνwinter, stormSee in the [entry] "weaving-swung" (u(fantodo/nhton) concerning the Scythians.highshort

χ236Χειμὼν ὀρνιθίαςbird storm, bird tempest, fowl wind[Meaning] one that scatters birds upon the earth because of the cold blast; that is, an extremely forceful one, in which even birds perish. It is also called a bird wind. Or [it is …highshort

χ237Χείρhand[xei/r, genitive] xeiro/shighshort

χ238Χεῖραhand, handwriting[Meaning] a manuscript. Hyperides [uses the word in this sense]. David says God's foresight [is] "the hands of God". "I commit my spirit into your hands." Interpretation of a dream: to cleanse the hands …highshort

χ239Χειραγωγίαhand-leading, leading by the handAlso [sc. attested is the related verb] "I lead by the hand"; [used] with an accusative.highshort

χ240Χειραλειπτήσαςhaving practiced wrestling-holds"Fabius the Dictator, like a good athlete, only entered the fray after having practiced wrestling-holds for a long time". Meaning having trained his grip.highshort

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