Skip to content
Σ
ReadSuda
Browse
Topics
Random
About
Aa
Settings
Searching…
⌕
Search
Α
Letters
⤨
Random
Aa
Settings
Keyboard shortcuts
j
Next entry
k
Previous entry
g
Toggle Greek
/
Search
?
Show shortcuts
Close
Search
Search the Suda
⌕
Search
All
Headwords
Translation
Greek
Notes
Filters (1)
Keyword
definition
464
dialects, grammar, and etymology
366
geography
174
daily life
164
biography
157
ethics
151
religion
139
comedy
135
historiography
123
imagery
103
history
100
trade and manufacture
92
32 more
epic
90
zoology
90
science and technology
87
poetry
83
military affairs
76
economics
68
medicine
65
food
64
women
61
philosophy
57
gender and sexuality
56
mythology
56
Letter
✓
Χ
chi
623
Vetting status
high
623
Length
Short
566
Medium
56
Long
1
Translator
Jennifer Benedict
286
David Whitehead
214
Catharine Roth
43
Ross Scaife ✝
14
Ioannis Doukas
8
Roger Travis
8
22 more
Marcelo Boeri
7
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝
5
Constantina Katsari
4
Gabriel Bodard
4
Andrea Consogno
3
623 entries
Relevance
Adler order
Longest first
Letter: chi
×
Clear all
χ
1
Χαβρίας
Khabrias,Chabrias
A proper name.
high
short
χ
2
Χαγάνος
Khagan, Khan
This man was...
high
short
χ
3
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."
high
short
χ
4
rhetoric
rhetoric
55
55
tragedy
51
tragedy
51
proverbs
45
proverbs
45
chronology
41
chronology
41
Christianity
36
Christianity
36
meter and music
34
meter and music
34
botany
32
botany
32
politics
32
politics
32
clothing
28
clothing
28
constitution
24
constitution
24
law
21
law
21
children
16
children
16
art history
15
art history
15
agriculture
14
agriculture
14
stagecraft
12
stagecraft
12
aetiology
11
aetiology
11
athletics
8
athletics
8
architecture
6
architecture
6
dreams
6
dreams
6
mathematics
5
mathematics
5
D. Graham J. Shipley
3
D. Graham J. Shipley
3
Joseph Wrightson
3
Joseph Wrightson
3
William Hutton
3
William Hutton
3
Charlie Brooks
2
Charlie Brooks
2
Claudia Mársico
2
Claudia Mársico
2
Oliver Phillips ✝
2
Oliver Phillips ✝
2
Robert Dyer
2
Robert Dyer
2
Abram Ring
1
Abram Ring
1
Adam McCollum
1
Adam McCollum
1
Alan Sommerstein
1
Alan Sommerstein
1
Andrew Morrison
1
Andrew Morrison
1
Carl Widstrand
1
Carl Widstrand
1
Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas
1
Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas
1
Katina Ball
1
Katina Ball
1
Mary Pendergraft
1
Mary Pendergraft
1
Ronald Allen
1
Ronald Allen
1
Susan Shapiro
1
Susan Shapiro
1
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.
high
short
χ
5
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 …
high
medium
χ
6
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. …
high
short
χ
7
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."
high
short
χ
8
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 …
high
short
χ
9
Χαλάσω τὴν ἱερὰν ἄγκυραν
I will loose the holy anchor
An anchor [features in this phrase] figuratively from ships, [meaning] safety. So Sophocles in Phaedra and Euripides in Hecuba [also use it]. [It is called] holy [meaning that it is] a large [anchor or] …
high
short
χ
10
Χαλαστραῖον
chalastraion, Chalastra-soda
[Meaning] nitre. [Named after] Chalastra, the lake in Macedonia.
high
short
χ
11
Χαλβάνη
all-heal
An ointment effective for horses.
high
short
χ
12
Χαλδαϊκοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασι
Chaldean rituals
As Proclus was puzzled by Isidore's imitations of birds and their voices and sounds sometimes during the Chaldean rituals, he himself demonstrated the way of imitation of the fluttering of other [birds including] sparrows …
high
short
χ
13
Χαλδαῖοι
Chaldaeans
Name of a people, exact in their knowledge of astronomy.
high
short
χ
14
Χαλδίνη
Chaldine
Name of a city.
high
short
χ
15
Χαλαίστρα
Chalaistra, Chalaestra, Chalastra
A city.
high
short
χ
16
Χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά
excellent things are difficult
[sc. It is on record that] as Pittakos was laying aside his authority, he said to those who were amazed, "It is difficult to be noble." [Also that] Solon, recognizing his weakness, said, "Excellent …
high
medium
χ
17
Χαλεπαίνει
is vexed
[Used] with a dative. [Meaning he/she/it] is antagonised, is enraged. "More of the Romans fell, and Trajan was vexed at what had happened". And elswhere: "because of often having seen him before, he recognised …
high
short
χ
18
Χαλεπὸν χορίου κύνα γεύειν
[it is] dangerous when a dog tastes [the] afterbirth
The covering of the foetus is called afterbirth [chorion]. Once the dogs have tasted this they scheme against the foetuses too, because of greed.
high
short
χ
19
Χαλεπώτατον
very difficult
Aristotle says in the second [book] of Topica: converting an appropriate name derived from an accidental [is] very difficult. One would say very difficult because it is not simple nor readily done, as in …
high
short
χ
20
Χαλεπωτάτους λόγους
most difficult words, very difficult words
[Meaning ones] able to deceive. Candidus [writes]: "having picked out the more difficult men and assigned public [monies?] to them he persuaded them as a result of this even to yield to the governors …
high
short
χ
21
Χαλίκρητος ποτός
neat drink
[Meaning] one slackening [xalw=n] the wits. Or by removal of the chi, in order that it would be, having enough unmixed [a(/lis a)/kraton]; that is, wine. Also [sc. attested is] xalikrh/tw| ['in/with a pure' …
high
short
χ
22
Χαλίμα
loose woman
[Meaning] a prostitute. [The term comes] from loosening [xala=sqai] the body as a result of drink, or of madness.
high
short
χ
23
Χαλινός
bit, bridle
[Meaning] bit/rein.
high
short
χ
24
Χαλινῶ
I check, I curb, I bridle
[Used] with an accusative.
high
short
χ
25
Χάλιξ
pebble
[Meaning a] small stone.
high
short
χ
26
Χάλις
chalis
A kind of wine. And the dative [is] chalei.
high
short
χ
27
Χαλίσεια
Chaliseia, Chalisia
[no gloss]
high
short
χ
28
Χαλίφρονος
of a light-minded
[Meaning] of a thoughtless.
high
short
χ
29
Χάλκεος
brazen
[Meaning] strong, firm. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'in a brazen jar'. Homer [writes]: "in a brazen jar was he bound for thirteen months." That is, with a bond strong and indissoluble. Alternatively …
high
short
χ
30
Χαλκεῶνα
smithy
[Meaning] a forge.
high
short
Page 1 of 21
Next →