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|Full diacritics=χνόος
|Medium diacritics=χνόος
|Low diacritics=χνόος
|Capitals=ΧΝΟΟΣ
|Transliteration A=chnóos
|Transliteration B=chnoos
|Transliteration C=chnoos
|Beta Code=xno/os
|Definition=<b class="b3">ὁ</b> (ἡ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1106</span>), Att.contr. χνοῦς, gen. <b class="b3">χνοῦ</b>: heterocl. gen. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> χνοός <span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span>1.234H.</span>; dat. χνοΐ <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.10.7</span>, Gal.13.850:—<b class="b3">ἁλὸς χ.</b><b class="b2">incrustation</b> from salt water, <b class="b3">ἔκ κεφαλῆς ἔσμηχεν ἁλὸς χνόον</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.226</span>; <b class="b2">wool pulled</b> for stuffing cushions, <b class="b2">flock</b>, f.l. for [[μνοῦς]] in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.61</span>; used in applying a powder, Gal. l.c.; <b class="b2">chaff</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ps.</span>1.4</span>: <b class="b2">powder</b>, prov., [ὄνος] εἰς ἄχυρα καὶ χνοῦν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>76</span>; <b class="b2">dust</b> of the earth, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ki.</span>22.43</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ch.</span>1.9</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς δοκεῖν τοῦ καλουμένου χνοῦ μεστοὺς εἶναι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς</b>) Gal.16.552. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">fine down</b> on a flower or in the seed-vessel, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.8.4</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.2.59</span>:<b class="b2">bloom</b> on fruit, ἐν Καρίᾳ φασὶν ἄπιόν τιν' ἔχειν χνοῦν ἁλμώδη <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.10.7</span>; μάλων χνοῦς ἐπικαρπίδιος <span class="title">AP</span>9.226 (Zon.); <b class="b2">the first down on the chin</b> or <b class="b2">cheeks</b>, χνοῦς ὥσπερ μήλοισιν ἐπήνθει <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>978</span> (anap.); κοῦρος ἔτ' ἀρτιγένειον ἔχων χνόον <span class="title">AP</span>9.219 (Diod.); θηλείαις οὐδ' ὅσσον ἐπὶ χνόος ἦλθε παρειαῖς <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Ap.</span>37</span>; ἐντίκτει τι χνοῦ ἀνάπλεων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>605b15</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>51</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">bloom</b> or <b class="b2">film</b> of archaism in writing, <b class="b3">ὅ τε πίνος αὐτῇ</b> (i.e. in Plato's style) [<b class="b3">καὶ χ.] ὁ τῆς ἀρχαιότητος . . ἐπιτρέχει</b> interpol. in <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπανθεῖ τις . . χνοῦς ἀρχαιοπινής</b> ib.<span class="bibl">38</span>, cf. Plu.2.79d; <b class="b3">οἱονεὶ τῆς γονίμου φύσεως χ</b>., of <b class="b3">χλόη</b>, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>2.5</span>. (Cf. <b class="b3">χνιαρωτέρα, χνίει</b>.) </span>
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