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χ272Χειρώσασθαιto master… are numerous other possibilities (from Herodotus and Thucydides onwards). [2] Aelian fr. 187 Domingo-Forasté (184 Hercher).Matched in noteshighshort
χ338Χλευασίαscoffing… pleniore textu) of Aristotle available to Alexander of Aphrodisias. [2] Aelian fr. 64g Domingo-Forasté (part of 61 Hercher); cf. lambda 584.Matched in noteshighshort
χ461Χρεώνnecessity[1] See also Hesychius s.v. [2] Aelian fr. 188 Domingo-Forasté (185 Hercher). [3] See LSJ s.v. xrew/n (web address 1 below). See also Etymologicum Magnum 814.23 and 814.28.Matched in notes

χ272

Χειρώσασθαι

to master

[Meaning] to subordinate. Aelian [writes]: "and from these to master the man and to keep him as a private friend, so to speak."

Χειρώσασθαι· ὑποτάξαι. Αἰλιανός· καὶ ἐκ τούτων χειρώσασθαι τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ ἔχειν αὐτὸν ὡς εἰπεῖν ἰδιόξενον.

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χ485Χρημάτισιςoperation[1] Aelian fr. 189 Domingo-Forasté (186 Hercher); I have accepted Kuhn's emendation of pikrwde/staton ("most bitter-seeming?"; not in LSJ) to frikwde/staton ("most horrible"). [Note however [DW] that Hercher prints prepwde/staton, "most fitting" (ironic).]Matched in noteshighshort

χ208Χερνῆτιςlaboring-woman… to Oribasius (ed. Bussemaker) 3.682. See also chi 248. [1] Aelian fr. 339 Domingo-Forasté (342 Hercher) -- the second part, it has been suggested, of a quotation that begins at alpha 460: see the …Matched in noteshighshort

χ364Χοάςpourings… as far as e)pa/gein, is incorporated in alpha 932 (akos): Aelian fr. 76f Domingo-Forasté. The whole sentence, with the vital addition of 'to the Athenians' at the start, is part of chi 504 (chresmos): …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ17Χαλεπαίνειis vexed… transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta) again unidentifiable. [5] Aelian fr. 62d Domingo-Forasté (59 Hercher).Matched in noteshighshort

χ83Χάοςchaos, space… at n.4. [3] Ibycus fr.223b (in Page, PMG Suppl.). [4] Aelian fr. 338 Domingo-Forasté (341 Hercher -- but attributed by Bernhardy to the emperor Julian).Matched in noteshighshort

χ110Χαρίζεσθαιto indulge, to please, to pleasure… soi xarisw/meqa; see web address 3 below. [3] Parts of Aelian fr. 210a and 210b Domingo-Forasté (209 Hercher); cf. alpha 4673 which quotes this passage at length, also kappa 1001.Matched in noteshighshort

χ210Χέρνιβαhand-bath… chi 213, unidentifiable. (Adler suggests one of her usual suspects, Aelian.) The form xerniptome/nous is a present middle/passive participle, masculine accusative plural, of the deponent verb xerni/ptomai ("I wash my hands").Matched in noteshighshort

χ349Χλοῦναιgreenwood-men… where xlou/nhn, the accusative singular of the headword, appears. [3] Aelian fr. 10b Domingo-Forasté (10 Hercher); see already gamma 504, delta 6, epsilon 512 and epsilon 3604 which quote parts of this passage.Matched in noteshighshort

χ360Χνοωδέστεραfiner, more powdery… xnow/dhs (common in medical writers). [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Attributed to Aelian by Valckenaer, but Adler disputes this.)Matched in noteshighshort

χ407Χοροδέκτηςchorus-director… [1] cf. the very similar gloss at chi 403. [2] Aelian fr. 98 Hercher (101b Domingo-Forasté), where a man from Tanagra receives a miracle cure from Asclepius; see already at alpha 4177.Matched in noteshighshort

χ474Χρῆμαthing; matter… the scholia to this line. See also alpha 3035. [5] Aelian fr. 315a Domingo-Forasté (318 Hercher). Or, "rich in money." (Formerly attributed to Damascius, as Life of Isidore fr. 167 Asmus.)Matched in noteshighmedium

χ480Χρηματίζεσθαιto gain, to make a profit[1] cf. chi 479. [2] Aelian fr. 30 Domingo-Forasté (27 Hercher); see also theta 472 and lambda 469.Matched in noteshighshort

χ488Χρημάτωνbelongings, goods, monies… gloss; cf. chi 489. [1] Tentatively attributed by Adler to Aelian. Perhaps, rather, a faulty echo of part of a law quoted in Andocides 1.95: to\n a)poktei/nanta o(/sion ei)=nai kai\ ta\ xrh/mata e)/xein tou= …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ490Χρῆμα οἰκτροίpitiable business, pitiable matter… gloss). For the idiom see generally LSJ xrh=ma, II.3. [1] Aelian fr. 341 Domingo-Forasté (344 Hercher).Matched in noteshighshort

χ504Χρησμόςoracle… in the TLG only in these two Suda entries. [4] Aelian fr. 76g Domingo-Forasté. For an almost identical, but crucially incomplete, account of this oracle and the foundation of Choai or Choës at Athens, …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ516Χρηστουργίαuseful service[1] Attributed to Aelian by Valckenaer, but now Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 69 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort