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Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
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(Dor. χῆλος Cerc.1.5, Aeol. χέλλος Choerob. in An.Ox. 2.278), εος, τό: pl., gen.
A χειλῶν Arist.HA492b26; χειλέων Herod. 3.4, LXXPr.12.13, al., Plu.Cat.Ma.12, v.l. in D.H.Comp.14: poet. dat. χείλεσσι (v. infr.):—lip, Hom., etc.: prov., ἐγέλασσε χείλεσιν laughed with the lips only, Il.15.102; χείλεα μέν τ' ἐδίην', ὑπερῴην δ' οὐκ ἐδίηνε wetted the lips, but not the palate, i.e. drank sparingly, 22.495; νέκταρ ἐν χείλεσσι στάξοισι Pi.P.9.63; πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χ., of Pericles, Eup.94.5; χείλεσιν διδοὺς ὀδόντας E.Ba.621 (troch.); χείλεσιν ἀμφιλάλοις, of incessant talk, Ar.Ra. 678 (lyr.); δάκνων τὰ χ., of one in a difficulty, Eub.53.6; ἄχρις ἡ ψυχή . . ἐπὶ χειλέων λειφθῇ Herod. l.c.; ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι τὰς ψυχὰς ἔχοντες 'with their hearts in their mouths', D.Chr.32.50; ἀπὸ χειλέων, opp. ἀπὸ καρδίας, Plu. l.c.; ἀπ' ἄκρου χ. φιλοσοφεῖν on the surface only, Luc.Apol.6; ἐπ' ἄκρου τοῦ χ. on the tip of one's tongue, Id.Ind.26; προσαρμόσαι τὰ χ. (sc. τῇ κύλικι) Id.DDeor.5.2; προσαρμόζειν τὰ χ., χείλη προσεγγίσαι χείλεσιν, of persons kissing, Id.DMeretr.5.3, Am.53; χείλεσιν διερρυηκόσιν with gaping lips, Ar.Nu.873; ἐν τοῖς χ. τιμᾶν LXXIs.29.13; ἐν χ. ἑτέρων λαλεῖν, i.e. in strange speech, 1 Ep.Cor.14.21; χ. ἓν πάντων LXXGe.11.6, cf. Pr.10.19. 2 of horses, X.Eq.6.8: of birds, bill, beak, E.Ion1199, Opp.H.3.247, AP9.333 (Mnasalc.). II metaph. of things, edge, brink, rim, of a bowl, χρυσῷ δ' ἐπὶ χείλεα κεκράανται Od.4.616, cf. 132; Ἐλπὶς . . ἔμιμνε πίθου ὑπὸ χείλεσιν Hes.Op.97, cf. Hdt.3.123, Ar.Ach.459; of a ditch, Il.12.52, Hdt.1.179, Th.3.23; of the ocean, Mimn.11.7, cf. LXXGe.22.17; τῶν τῆς γῆς τροχῶν Pl. Criti.115e; of rivers, lakes, Hdt.2.70,94, Arist.HA570a22; of the whorls, Pl.R.616d, 616e; αὐλαίας, τείχους, LXXEx.26.4, Plb.10.44.11; of the womb, Arist.HA583a16; of a wound, Gal.11.127.