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- χ79ΧαναάνCanaan… with the devil-possessed daughter in Matthew 15:22. [3] See e.g. Philo Judaeus [of Alexandria], On Abraham 133.
- χ568ΧρύσιπποςChrysippus, Chrysippos… (p.316), also MacTutor at web address 1, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy at web address 2, and cf. chi 567, chi 569. Chrysippus was the principal systematizer of Stoicism. He is considered to have been, …
- χ418ΧοσρόηςChosroes, Khosrau, Khosraw… the man whom Socrates interrogates. Timaeus was a mathematician and philosopher of the Pythagorean school: see tau 601. The dialogue contains discussions of the order and laws of the physical universe and on the …
- χ623ΧύτροιChytroi… p.317, s.v. Chythri; Barrington Atlas map 72 grid C2. [2] Philochorus FGrH 328 F84. "Pots" was the third day of the Anthesteria festival; cf. chi 369, chi 370, chi 622.
- χ296Χιάζεινto play the Chian… musician Democritus of Chios (RE 5.140, a contemporary of the philosopher of the same name), and that of the Siphnian style to an otherwise unknown citizen of that island named Theoxenides (but Philoxenides or …
- χ567Χρυσίππειοι μαθηταίChrysippeian pupils, Chrysippian pupils… phrase (albeit with 'pupils' left implicit) see under epsilon 3504 (Philostratus).
- χ599Χοιρόθλιψcunt-chafer, piggie-squeezerAristophanes, Wasps 1364 (web address 1), Bdelykleon insulting his father Philokleon. For the first of these words see tau 1209 (and sigma 1263). On the second, the present one, consult J. Henderson, The Maculate …
- χ572Χρυσόγεωνgold-earthed, golden-earthedThe headword -- probably quoted from Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.1 -- is the neuter singular of the adjective xruso/gews. It and xruso/geion (attested only here) are glossed together by LSJ; see …
- χ344Χλιδῶσαιto live luxuriantly… probably quoted from a fragment (b4) of the lyric poet Philoxenus [phi 393] preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.147A (4.28 Kaibel). cf. generally chi 339, chi 340.
- χ450Χώσασθαιto be grieved… here from its only extant occurrence outside lexica and grammars: Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.10.
- χ140Χαρώνειος θύραCharon's door… On the nomophylakion as the Athenian prison see L. O'Sullivan, "Philochorus, Pollux, and the nomophylakes of Demetrius of Phalerum", Journal of Hellenic Studies 121 (2001) 51-62; and cf. omicroniota 124. [2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] …
- χ163Χαίρεινto say 'hello'Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.7. The headword is xai/rein, the present active infinitive of xai/rw. The usual use is the imperative as xai=re in the gloss ("hello!"). It was also used for …
- χ309Χίλιοι διακόσιοιTwelve Hundred… name, Lysiades or Lysitheides. [2] So too, says Harpok., did Philochorus (FGrH 328 F45). For 'other orators' on 1200 see e.g. Isocrates 15.145. Harpok. goes on to cite other passages in oratory where the …
- χ234Χειμὼνwinter… 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 and its explanation, is quoted …
- χ19Χαλεπώτατονvery difficult… on, 'accidentals' or simply 'accidents' play a great role in philosophical definitions. For a formal definition of 'accident' see web address 2 below.
- χ539Χρῶμαcolor… of this entry is taken (with slight variations) from John Philoponus, On Aristotle's de anima 293.2-3 and 320.6-26. For the headword see already chi 538. [1] See Aristotle, de anima 418a29-30. [2] cf. Aristotle, …