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χ505Χρησμόςoracle… lower-case, but it seems to be a proper noun. [7] Diogenes: delta 1145. [8] Aigieis: alphaiota 45. [9] Oedipus: omicroniota 34.Matched in noteshighshort
χ5Χάλαζαhail, hailstorm[1] Stoic definitions from Diogenes Laertius 7.153. [2] Similar material, more briefly, in the Lexica Segueriana, s.v. nifeto/s. Perhaps from a Life of Pythagoras (so Adler). [3] Aristophanes, Frogs 852 (Dionysus talking about Aeschylus), …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ18Χαλεπὸν χορίου κύνα γεύειν[it is] dangerous when a dog tastes [the] afterbirth… chi 405. The present headword phrase, which became proverbial (see Diogenianus 3.94 and other paroemiographers), comes from Theocritus, Idylls 10.11.

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Χρησμός

oracle

Look under Tyrtaios, and look under aneile ["responded"], and look under Thoulis, and look under Augustus Caesar. Also look under Scipio for the fulfillment of such an oracle. Look under Daphidas for an amazing oracle.…

Χρησμός· ζήτει ἐν τῷ Τυρταῖος, καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ ἀνεῖλε, καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ Θοῦλις, καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ Αὔγουστος Καῖσαρ. καὶ ζήτει τὸ τέλος τοῦ τοιούτου χρησμοῦ ἐν τῷ Σκηπίων. ζήτει…

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χ42Χαλκιδίζεινto Chalkidize[1] cf. Diogenianus 3.93, etc. Chalkis [Myth, Place] [chi 41] was one of the two main cities on the island of Euboia in the Archaic and Classical periods (Eretria being the other). The headwords …Matched in noteshighshort

χ166ΧαίρεινgreetingsFrom Diogenes Laertius 3.61. For discussion (and more cross-references) see epsilon 3664; cf. also chi 162, chi 164, chi 165.Matched in noteshighshort

χ234Χειμὼνwinter… the entry, in which xeimw/n is defined, is quoted from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers 7.151, where it is attributed to the Stoic Chrysippus (fr. 693). The subsequent part, with the Homeric quotation …Matched in noteshighshort

χ311ΧίλωνChilon… The Suda is drawing on the material about him in Diogenes Laertius 1.68-73, esp. 68 and 72. See also OCD(4) under 'Chilon' (p.310) and 'Seven Sages' (p.1357). [1] For his famous visit to Sparta …Matched in noteshighshort

χ319Χιράςchap, chilblain, crackSee e.g. Diogenes Laertius 1.81 (Alcaeus on Pittacus) and generally LSJ s.v. xeira/s.Matched in noteshighshort

χ333Χλαμύςchlamys… a moon-shaped clasp, the lunula; cf. Staveley (32). [2] cf. Diogenianus 5.14 and other paroemiographers. [3] This is Syloson II, tyrant of Samos in the last quarter of the 6th. century BCE; see also …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ499Χρήσιμον πρᾶγμαuseful matter, useful thingStoic doctrine quoted from Diogenes Laertius 7.99 [1] cf. already chi 497 (and chi 498).Matched in noteshighshort

χ529Χροῒ δῆλαclear in the skinFrom Diogenes Laertius 1.118. For Pherekydes of Syros see generally phi 214. The present entry is cross-referenced at phi 215.Matched in noteshighshort

χ533ΧρόνοςtimeStoic doctrine from Diogenes Laertius 7.141. [1] For this definition of time (attributed to Chrysippus) see Stobaeus, Ecloga 1.106, 5-23 (SVF 2.509 and LS, 51A). Time (along with void, sayables and place) is an …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ568ΧρύσιπποςChrysippus, Chrysippos… an intellectual discipline. The information of this passage derives from Diogenes Laertius 7.179-189, where D.L. sometimes also mentions his sources. [1] D.L. 7.179 (SVF II,1,2) says that he knows this from Alexander Polyhistor (fr. …Matched in noteshighshort

χ569ΧρύσιπποςChrysippos, Chrysippus… (and chi 567). [1] What follows depends, almost verbatim, on Diogenes Laertius 7.186-7 (= FDS 1205), where some examples of fallacies are given. No definition of this term is attributed by ancient sources to …Matched in noteshighmedium