χ536Χροός
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]. But ei)/sato ["showed"]…
Χροός· σώματος. καὶ Ὅμηρος· ἀλλ' οὔπη χροὸς εἴσατο. διῄρηται ὁ χρόος, ἀντὶ τοῦ ὁ χρώς. διὸ καὶ βαρύνεται. τὸ δὲ εἴσατο, ἐφάνη. λοῦσαι δ' Ἰνωπῷ καθαρὸν χρόα, βᾶθι δ' ἐς οἴκους.
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