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|Beta Code=xamaile/wn
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|Definition=οντος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">chameleon, Chamaeleo vulgaris</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>503a15</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>8.120</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>1.249</span>; used as an image of changefulness, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1100b6</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> name of various plants, so called <b class="b2">from their leaves changing colour</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>6.4.3</span>, <span class="bibl">9.12.1</span>, <span class="bibl">9.14.1</span>; χ. λευκός <b class="b2">pine-thistle, Atractylis gummifera</b>, Dsc.3.8; <b class="b3">χ. μέλας</b>, <b class="b2">Cardopatium corymbosum</b>, ib.9, <span class="bibl">Plin. <span class="title">HN</span>22.47</span>.</span>
|Definition=οντος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">chameleon, Chamaeleo vulgaris</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>503a15</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>8.120</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>1.249</span>; used as an image of changefulness, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1100b6</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> name of various plants, so called <b class="b2">from their leaves changing colour</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>6.4.3</span>, <span class="bibl">9.12.1</span>, <span class="bibl">9.14.1</span>; χ. λευκός <b class="b2">pine-thistle, Atractylis gummifera</b>, Dsc.3.8; <b class="b3">χ. μέλας</b>, <b class="b2">Cardopatium corymbosum</b>, ib.9, <span class="bibl">Plin. <span class="title">HN</span>22.47</span>.</span>
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|lstext='''χᾰμαιλέων''': -οντος, ὁ, [[εἶδος]] σαύρας, περὶ ἧς λέγεται ὅτι μεταβάλλει τὸ ἑαυτῆς [[χρῶμα]], Chamaeleo vulgaris, περιγράφεται δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀριστ. περὶ τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 2. 11, 1, Πλίν. 8. 51· χρησιμεύει ὡς εἰκὼν τοῦ εὐμεταβόλου, Ἀριστ. Ἠθικ. Νικ. 1. 10, 8, Πλουτ. Ἀλκιβ. 23. - [[Κατὰ]] Σουΐδ.: «[[χαμαιλέων]], [[ζῷον]] εἰς πάντα τὴν χροιὰν μετατρέπον πλὴν λευκοῦ», καὶ καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «[[ζῷον]] ᾠοτόκον καὶ πεζόν». ΙΙ. [[φυτόν]] τι ἐκ τοῦ εἶδους τῆς ἀκάνθης ὀνομασθὲν [[οὕτως]] ἐκ τοῦ ὅτι τὰ φύλλα [[αὐτοῦ]] μεταβάλλουσι τὸ [[χρῶμα]], Θεοφρ. περὶ Φυτ. Ἱστ. 6. 4, 3., 9. 12, 1, Διοσκ. 3. 10, 11.
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English (LSJ)

οντος, ὁ,

   A chameleon, Chamaeleo vulgaris, Arist. HA503a15, Plin.HN8.120, Lib.Or.1.249; used as an image of changefulness, Arist.EN1100b6, Plu.Alc.23.    II name of various plants, so called from their leaves changing colour, Thphr. HP6.4.3, 9.12.1, 9.14.1; χ. λευκός pine-thistle, Atractylis gummifera, Dsc.3.8; χ. μέλας, Cardopatium corymbosum, ib.9, Plin. HN22.47.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

χᾰμαιλέων: -οντος, ὁ, εἶδος σαύρας, περὶ ἧς λέγεται ὅτι μεταβάλλει τὸ ἑαυτῆς χρῶμα, Chamaeleo vulgaris, περιγράφεται δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀριστ. περὶ τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 2. 11, 1, Πλίν. 8. 51· χρησιμεύει ὡς εἰκὼν τοῦ εὐμεταβόλου, Ἀριστ. Ἠθικ. Νικ. 1. 10, 8, Πλουτ. Ἀλκιβ. 23. - Κατὰ Σουΐδ.: «χαμαιλέων, ζῷον εἰς πάντα τὴν χροιὰν μετατρέπον πλὴν λευκοῦ», καὶ καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «ζῷον ᾠοτόκον καὶ πεζόν». ΙΙ. φυτόν τι ἐκ τοῦ εἶδους τῆς ἀκάνθης ὀνομασθὲν οὕτως ἐκ τοῦ ὅτι τὰ φύλλα αὐτοῦ μεταβάλλουσι τὸ χρῶμα, Θεοφρ. περὶ Φυτ. Ἱστ. 6. 4, 3., 9. 12, 1, Διοσκ. 3. 10, 11.