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Χαβρίας
Khabrias,Chabrias
A proper name.
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Χαγάνος
Khagan, Khan
This man was...
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Χαγάνος
Khagan, Khan
"The Khagan was giving his oaths to the [winds] to carry and, lifting up the trumpet dear to war, he gathered his forces together."
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zoology
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Χαΐα
genuine, fine, true
Meaning good. From the [verb] to gape. Aristophanes [writes]: "she is fine [...], and what is more, Corinthian". That is, a prostitute. Since Corinth was full of prostitutes.
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Χάλαζα
hail, hailstorm
[Meaning] cloud, frozen and tossed through the air by the wind and carried down to earth. But snow [is] moisture, frozen out of a cloud. Hailstorms: they are freezings of the moisture overhead in …
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Χαλαζᾷ
is hailing
i.e. is loose. "If he is hailing in the arse". But this is a disease of animals, which escapes notice while they are living, but becomes apparent when they are dead and cut up. …
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Χαλαρά
loose [ones], open [ones]
[Meaning] slack [ones]. "I imagine you like to wear loose shoes." "And his heart was open and gentle to those in need, even to someone of those men who were opposed to him."
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Χαλάσαι
to loosen
[Meaning] to be untied, to be slackened. "[that] water falling out of the sky loosened the [bow-]strings of the foreigners, softened the horns of the bows, and took away the force and accuracy of …
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