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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 …
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short
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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 …
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medium
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23
Χαλινός
bit, bridle
[Meaning] bit/rein.
high
chronology
2
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2
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2
gender and sexuality
2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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χ
28
Χαλίφρονος
of a light-minded
[Meaning] of a thoughtless.
high
short
χ
33
Χαλκευτής
smith
"This dust covers Pindar, the Pierian trumpet, the mighty smith of holy hymns."
high
short
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105
Χαριεντίζεις καὶ καταπαίζεις ἡμῶν καὶ βωμολοχεύῃ
you jest and make fun of us and would play tricks
Damascius [writes]: "we are likely to have become the butt of the same jokes of the elegant people."
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short
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106
Χαριεντιζόμενοι
jesting
[Meaning they who are] being witty, making jokes. Thus Aristophanes [sc. uses the word].
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short
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114
Χάριν
grace
[Meaning] enjoyment.
high
short
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124
Χάριτας
Graces, favors
They describe [the] Graces as naked, because favors should be given freely.
high
short
χ
233
Χειμερινὸς καιρός
wintry season, wintry time
[no gloss]
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short
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258
Χειροσκοπικόν
palmistry
[Note] that Helenos wrote down [sc. the principles of] divination based on palmistry, as when we say from the folds of the stretched-out palm of the hands, [someone] is begetting a child or anything …
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short
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368
Χολοδογόμορ
Kholodogomor
[no gloss]
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short
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377
Χολάδες
guts
[Meaning] the entrails. In the Epigrams: "and a lance which often tasted the enemies' guts."
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short
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384
Χολοδαγομόρ
Cholodagomor
Name of a people.
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short
χ
400
Χορηγός
chorus-leader
He who leads the chorus, and a giver [sc. of a chorus or something else].
high
short
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401
Χορηγῶ
I lead a chorus, I pay for a chorus, I minister to
[Used] with a dative.
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short
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402
Χορίαμβος
choriamb
A meter of verse. Babrias or Babrios, [wrote] Myths or Fables: for they are in choriambs, in ten books. This man changed some of the fables of Aesop from his prose tales into verse; …
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short
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409
Χορός
chorus, choir
[Meaning] the body of singers in the churches. In the time of Constantius the son of Constantine the Great and Flavianus the bishop of Antioch, the choirs of the churches were divided into two …
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short
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410
Χορός
chorus, orchestra
[Meaning] both the choral dancers and the place [where they perform]. Homer [says]: "in [it] he decorated a dancing-floor". [That is, a place] in which the body of choral dancers [would perform]. And [there …
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short
χ
424
Χωλίαμβος
choliamb, choliambic
A kind of verse.
high
short
χ
469
Χρείω
I proclaim
The [verb that means] I give an oracular response. [Spelled with epsiloniota] in the present and only and in the imperfect [sic], but in the rest [of the tenses it is spelled] with eta.
high
short
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470
Χρείω
I proclaim
The [verb that means] I prophesy. [Spelled] with a diphthong; but the future xrh/sw [is spelled] with eta. But xri/w [meaning] anoint [is spelled] with iota.
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short
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475
Χρῆμα
thing, work, reality
[Meaning] use. Thucydides [sc. uses the word]. Josephus [writes]: "the sabbath was a day of leisure from all work, highly honored among the Jews." And elsewhere: "the reality of truth risks being quenched." And …
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short
χ
492
Χρῆ μοι
declares to me, delivers an oracular response to me
[Meaning he/she/it] prophesies [to me]. Sophocles [writes]: "Phoebus declares such things to me, of which you will soon learn."
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short
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515
Χρηστός
useful
[Meaning] he who/that which is good. And [one is] good out of love, but not out of necessity. But *xristo/s ["Christ, Messiah"] [is] he who has been anointed with oil. And *xristo/s [is] our …
high
short
χ
519
Χρίομαι
I anoint [for myself]
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] I oil. But xrei/w [meaning] I prophesy [is spelled] with a diphthong in the present tense only, but in the future [it is spelled] with an eta.
high
short
χ
528
Χρόα
skin
[*xro/a means the same as] h( xroia/. [Pronounced] with barytone accent [sc. accent on the next-to-last syllable], like yo/a ["loin"].
high
short
χ
536
Χροός
of skin
[Meaning] of a body. And Homer [writes]: "and nothing at all of his skin showed." *xro/os is different, [when] meaning xrw/s [in the nominative]. Hence it has a low accent [on the last syllable]. …
high
short
χ
541
Χρωμένῳ
consulting an oracle
[Meaning someone] seeking an oracular response, asking for an oracular response, or prophesying.
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short
χ
543
Χρωννύω
I decorate, I stain
[no gloss]
high
short
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