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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[granule]] or [[lump]] of [[salt]], ἁλὸς χόνδρους Hp.''Ulc.''17, cf. Sophr. in ''PSI''11.1214a.3: pl., ''PLit.Lond.''167.18 (ii/iii A. D.); ἁλὸς τρύφεα κατὰ χόνδρους μεγάλους [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.181; <b class="b3">οἰκία ἐκ τῶν ἁλίνων χ. οἰκοδομέαται</b> ib.185:—[[χόνδρος]] abs., [[salt]], χόνδρος [[ἐποψίδιος]] ''AP''7.736 (Leon.); also of the [[gum]] of [[frankincense]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 9.4.10; λιβανωτοῦ χόνδρος Luc.''Sat.''16, cf. ''Asin.''12; χ. λιβάνου Dsc.1.68.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[groat]]s of [[wheat]] or [[spelt]] (esp. the latter, Dsc.2.96, ''Gp.''3.7); σασαμίδας χόνδρον τε καὶ ἐγκρίδας Stesich.2; χόνδρον ἕψων Ar.''Fr.''203, cf. 412 (anap.); χ. γάλακι κατανενιμμένος Pherecr.108.18; ἐκ δ' Ἰταλίας χ. καὶ πλευρὰ βόεια Hermipp.63.6 (hex.); χόνδρος [[Μεγαρικός]], χόνδρος [[Θετταλικός]], Antiph. 34.2,3, Alex.191; ὁ χ. πλεῖον ὕδωρ δέχεται ἢ οἱ πυροὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ τοιοῦτος ἐγένετο χ. Arist.''Pr.''929b1, cf. [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 4.16.2, Plb.12.2.5; χόνδρου [[πτισάνη]] Gal.6.496: hence, [[gruel]], [[porridge]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.4.9, Orac. ap. Hierocl. ''in CA''1p.421M.: [[proverb|prov.]], of an [[old]] [[man]], χόνδρον [[λείχειν]] Ar.''V.''737 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[gristle]], [[cartilage]], Hp.''Aph.'' 6.19, Arist.''HA''516b31, ''PA''655a37: esp. the [[cartilage]] of the [[breast]], which unites the false ribs at the [[termination]] of the [[breastbone]], Hp.''Epid.''7.3, cf. ''Prorrh.''2.7, Nic.''Al.''123; and v. [[ξιφοειδής]]; also, the [[cartilage]] of the [[ear]], Arist.''HA''492a16; of the nose, Poll.2.79; of the [[windpipe]] (i.e. [[uvula]]), ib.99; [[ὠλενίτης χόνδρος]] the [[shoulder blade]], Lyc.155; also of the [[young]] [[horn]]s of [[deer]], Ael.''NA''6.5.