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- χ416ΧορυμαῖοιChorymaeans, Chorymaians… precise form -- but possibly the Choromandae of SE India (Pliny, Natural History 7.24)?.
- χ70Χαμαίλεονchamaileon… ancients probably used it as a cure for jaundice; see Pliny, Natural History 22.53. The name xamai/mhlon from "earth" (xamai/) and "apple" (mh=lon) -- compare the French pomme de terre, potato -- was probably …