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- χ194Χελύνηlip[Meaning specifically] the upper lip. "A Median arrow planted itself in his upper lip." And elsewhere: "... man standing by man, biting his [sc. upper] lip in anger."
- χ517Χρηστῶςdecently, well… if it kept the ancient law and did not busy itself and bring on new constitutions.
- χ91Χαραδροῦταιis being gullied… quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. The verb itself occurs first in Herodotus: see LSJ s.v. cf. generally chi 86, chi 87.
- χ339Χλιδανόνluxuriant… from somewhere but is not independently attested. On the adjective itself, with early instances in lyric poetry (Sappho fr.60 Lobel-Page) and tragedy (Aeschylus, Persae 544), see generally LSJ s.v.
- χ359Χνόαςnaves, hubs… hole of a wheel; and the hole of the wheel itself is so called [i.e. xno/h, "nave"]. It is pronounced with recessive accent; for disyllabic [nouns] ending in the vowel eta after omicron -- …
- χ131Χάρμηeagerness for battle, joy in battle… in Homer. Then, by metonymy, xa/rmh could substitute for "battle" itself (ma/xh). Latacz, followed by Chantraine, DELG s.v. xai/rw, insists that the original meaning is 'eagerness for battle' rather than 'enjoyment of' vel sim.
- χ103Χάριενpleasant… an adverbial form of the adjective, to which the Suda itself attests (see chi 104). The Suda seems to be saying that the neuter adjective is also proparoxytone. See LSJ s.v. IV at web …