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χ249Χειροβρῶτιwith a hand-gnawingHesychius chi287 and Zenobius 6.44 both give 'with a hand-gnawing fetter' as a phrase in the dative case, and gloss it as 'with a boxer's [hand-]straps'; but Zenobius goes on to connect it specifically …Matched in noteshighshort
χ157Χαῖρε φίλον φῶςfarewell dear lightcf. Zenobius 6.42 and (more exactly) Apostolius 18.14; and see generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.303.Matched in noteshighshort
χ101Χάρητος ὑποσχέσειςChares' promisescf. Zenobius 2.13. For Chares (c.400-c.325 BCE) see generally OCD(4) p.305, under 'Chares(1)'.Matched in noteshighshort
χ97Χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελονa stake (deceived) the vineZenobius 6.40. From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1291 (web address 1), where the point is explicit: "the stake deceived the vine" (of the retaliation of Aristophanes himself against Kleon). cf. eta 672, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
χ327Χθόνια λουτράunderground bathsLikewise in Hesychius ch440; also in Zenobius (6.45) and other paroemiographers. The association of xqo/nia with funeral rites stems from the Greek practice of interring their dead and to the veneration of certain deceased …Matched in noteshighshort
χ269Χειρώνειον ἕλκοςCheironian sore, Chironian soreZenobius 6.46, and more briefly in other paroemiographers. For Ch(e)iron see chi 267. The sense of 'Cheironian' in the proverb is ambiguous: 'a sore like Cheiron's or needing his aid' (LSJ s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
χ123Χάριταςfavors; Graces… 2906, epsilon 1676, epsiloniota 267, and sigma 10. [2] cf. Zenobius 1.36; see also alphaiota 386 where the Suda mss read fanerw=s ("openly") -- as translated here -- rather than the a)fane/rws ("in secret") …Matched in noteshighshort
χ601Χοῖροςpig, piglet, piggie… 1.92; Anonyma Dorica fr. 22 Kassel-Austin, with a text (from Zenobius) which eliminates 'Akrocorinth'. See generally LSJ s.v. xoi=ros, 2, and already at alpha 1003.Matched in noteshighshort
χ88Χαραδραῖος λέωνravine lionThe headword phrase is proverbial: see Zenobius 6.39. For ravines cf. chi 86, chi 87. [1] According to Apollodorus (2.4.9-10), Heracles in his youth, before killing the Nemean lion as part of his labors, …Matched in noteshighshort
χ16Χαλεπὰ τὰ καλάexcellent things are difficultcf. Zenobius 6.38 and other paroemiographers; scholia on Plato, Greater Hippias 304E, Cratylus 384A. See also pi 1658. [1] Pittakos: pi 1659. [2] Solon: sigma 776, sigma 777. (Here referring to his own weakness, …Matched in noteshighmedium

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