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Χέλυς
chelus
… Greek Anthology. Compare the lexicographical entries of the word in
Hesychius,
ps.-Zonaras, and the Etymologicum Magnum; also
Hesychius
s.vv. xe/lion, xe/lun e)/n t’ a)lu/rois, xelu/nh. For the kithara cf. alpha 4073, beta 110, theta …
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29
Χάλκεος
brazen
[1] Likewise in the Lexica Segueriana, and cf.
Hesychius
(chi69) and the definition given in the Lexeis Homerikai [web address 1] published by H. van Thiel, s.v. xa/lkeon. [2] Homer, Iliad 5.387, with scholion; …
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198
Χεράδος
shingle
cf.
Hesychius,
Etymologicum Magnum 808.42, etc. From the A scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.319 (where the headword appears: web address 1 below). In the scholia, as well as
Hesychius
and the Lexica Segueriana, kai\ …
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3
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208
Χερνῆτις
laboring-woman
… Iliad 12.433 (where the headword appears: web address 1 below),
Hesychius,
Lexicum Ambrosianum 170 and 185, Etymologicum Magnum 808.33 and the scholia to Oribasius (ed. Bussemaker) 3.682. See also chi 248. [1] Aelian fr. …
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223
Χεύμασι
in streams
=
Hesychius
chi380, Synagoge chi65. The headword, dative plural of chi 222, is evidently quoted from somewhere; Cunningham and Hansen, in their edition of
Hesychius,
adduce Euripides Electra 152.
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361
Χνοῦς
chaff, powder, fuzz, down, veneer
… xno/os; cf. under epsilon 148, mu 196, and see also
Hesychius
s.v. Perhaps extracted here from Sophocles (fr.1115 Radt) or Aristophanes (Clouds 978), though Adler links it with Psalms 1:4 LXX on the basis …
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473
Χρῆμα
matter; thing
… chi 478). [1] = the first part of Synagoge chi110,
Hesychius
chi709 (although
Hesychius
omits 'property'). [2] Menander Protector fr. 23.9 Blockley (212-213), on the dismal lodgings provided to Roman envoys to Persia, Zacharias …
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607
Χύτλα
bath, bath-water
… to Aristophanes, Wasps 1213 (see n. 4 below); see also
Hesychius
chi836, Erotianus 137.9 Klein. [3] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 245 Pfeiffer. [4] Aristophanes, Wasps 1212-1213 (web address 1); cf. chi 612. [5] From the …
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22
Χαλίμα
loose woman
Hesychius
and Pausanias the Atticist give the word as xalima/s, with the plural xalima/des. It is cited as referring to the Bacchae in Aeschylus (fr. 448 Radt).
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43
Χαλκιδικὸν δίωγμα
Chalkidian pursuit, Chalcidian pursuit
See also
Hesychius
s.v. (delta2036 and chi86), and H.W. Parke, Festivals of the Athenians (London 1977) 87. [1] See generally theta 270. [2] Semos of Delos (sigma 327): FGrH 396 F21.
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50
Χαλκοκορυστής
bronze-armed, bronze-helmeted
cf.
Hesychius,
and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.699 (web address 1), where this epithet is applied to Hector.
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63
Χαμάδις
groundwards
… 3.29 (where xama=ze appears: web address 1 below). See also
Hesychius
chi127, ps.-Zonaras 1846, and (according to Adler) Lexicum Ambrosianum 134.
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69
ζῷον
chamaeleon, chameleon
… name: see under alpha 3668, alpha 3907, omicron 806. [2]
Hesychius
has the same lemma but a different gloss. (The Suda's gloss, with or without 'except white', is paralleled in some of the paroemiographers.)
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72
Χαμαιρρεπές
grovelling
… entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; and cf.
Hesychius
chi136 (s.v. xamairepw=s). The headword, evidently quoted from somewhere, is neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective. Adler prints the headword with double rho, …
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75
Χαμεύνη
ground-sleeper
[1] Very similar entry, so far, in
Hesychius
(chi143). [2] Aristophanes, Birds 816 (web address 1 below); cf. kappa 1479. See also Etymologicum Genuinum and Etymologicum Magnum 806.28.
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130
Χάρμα
delight
[1] = Synagoge chi34, Etymologicum Magnum 807.22; cf.
Hesychius
chi201; scholia to Aeschylus, Agamemnon 266. See also chi 131. [2] This is not among the extant works or fragments of Polybius, and not otherwise …
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131
Χάρμη
eagerness for battle, joy in battle
… Homeric Lexicon 167.10; Synagoge chi35; cf. Apion in Ludwich 102.27;
Hesychius
chi203 (where the second translation offered here for the headword receives explicit sanction), Etymologicum Magnum 807.23, and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.222 …
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140
Χαρώνειος θύρα
Charon's door
… chi 135. [1] (Repeated at nu 488.) Pollux (8.102) and
Hesychius
call it the Charonion. On the nomophylakion as the Athenian prison see L. O'Sullivan, "Philochorus, Pollux, and the nomophylakes of Demetrius of Phalerum", …
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145
Χασσάμενος
having given ground
… see also kappa 1455 and a series of entries in
Hesychius,
who glosses the verb as synonymous with xwre/w and two of its compounds, a)naxwre/w (as in this entry) and u(poxwre/w. [1] Homer, Iliad …
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148
Χαυλιόδων
tusked
… Atticist fr. 283 (from Eustathius, Commentary on Homer's Iliad 854.13),
Hesychius,
and the scholia to Scutum 386 (above). [3] Aristophanes of Byzantium, Epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals 2.17.
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152
Χαυῶνας
chauones
… in Lexica Segueriana 413.28, Etymologicum Magnum 807.43-4, and cf. already
Hesychius
chi243.
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156
Χαίρειν
let him say goodbye to talking rubbish
… Genuinum, Etymologicum Magnum 808.2, 3; and cf. already the foreshortened
Hesychius
chi20. The headword phrase was not identified by Adler but is identifiable via the TLG as a quotation from Cyril of Alexandria, Against …
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168
Χαίρειν ἤν τε βούλησθ' ἤν τε μή
to rejoice -- whether you want to or not
… entry = Etymologicum Genuinum, Etymologicum Magnum 808.4; and cf. already
Hesychius
chi19. The phrase is probably quoted from Lucian, Fugitives 20; cf. generally pi 1873 and chi 167. [3] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 322-323 (web …
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169
Χαιρηδόνος
of joyfulness
… one other passage (whether by Aristophanes or someone else), since
Hesychius
(chi21) cites and defines it in the accusative case. The present entry is identical with a surviving scholion on Acharnians 4.
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181
Χέδροπας
legumes
… 594b7). [2] Thus far the entry = Etymologicum Genuinum; cf.
Hesychius,
Etymologium Magnum 808.14, Lexicum Ambrosianum 137 and 164 (according to Adler), Erotian 93.5 (= Aristophanes of Byzantium fr. 90 Nauck), Orion [Author, Myth] …
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185
Χελιδόνας
chelidon; Chelidon
Same material, variously, in
Hesychius
and elsewhere. [1] A flying-fish, according to LSJ s.v., which should be consulted on the several impersonal meanings of the word chelidon about to be listed. [2] See on …
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187
Χελιδόνων μουσεῖα
swallows' museums
… entry is taken from the scholia to the line; cf.
Hesychius;
and proverbial in Apostolius 7.66. [1] From line 680 of the same play. (The Aristophanes mss have e)pi-.) [2] Euripides fr. 88.
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Χελιδόνων φάρμακον
swallows' drug, swallows' potion
Hipponax fr. 138. See also
Hesychius
s.v., where the gloss is missing: Cunningham and Hansen indicate a lacuna.
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201
Χερείων
worse, inferior
… is the superlative form of the headword. Similarly already in
Hesychius
and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.114 (where the headword appears: web address 1 below).
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Χερμαδίῳ
with a stone
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica (beginning with
Hesychius);
from a scholion to Homer, Iliad 4.518 (where the headword, dative singular, of the neuter noun xerma/dion, appears: web address 1 below). See also …
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