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|Definition=Ep. and Ion. [[χροιή]], Il.14.164, Thgn.1017 (in Call.''Lav. Pall.''28 [[χροϊά]] ([[χροίην]] codd.)), Att. [[χροιά]] and [[χρόα]], the latter always in Pl. (v. infr.), also in Phld.''D.''3.9,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[sign]].5, al. (v. [[χρώς]]):—[[skin]], especially of the human body, hence the [[body]] itself, παραδραθέειν φιλότητι ᾑ χροιῇ Il. [[l.c.]]; κατὰ χροιὴν ῥέει ἱδρώς Thgn. [[l.c.]]; ὄζειν.. τῆς χρόας ἔφασκεν ἡδύ μου Ar.''Pl.''1020; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐξανθεῦντα ἐς τὴν χροιὴν</b> ([[skin]], [[surface]]) <b class="b3">ἢ χροιῇ</b> ([[colour]], signf. ''ΙΙ'') ἢ οἰδήμασι Hp.''de Arte''9: cf. [[χρώς]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., 'skin', i.e. [[surface]], Pythagorean term, Arist.''Sens.''439a31, ''[[Placita Philosophorum|Placit.]]''1.15.2, ''Theol.Ar.''18(pl.); <b class="b3">χ. ἐπίπεδος</b> ib.10; so perhaps in Epicur.''Fr.''81, Phld.''Sign.''5, al.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[appearance]] to the eye, of heavenly bodies, Id.''D.''3.9.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[superficial]] [[appearance]] of a thing, its [[colour]], Thgn.451, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''493, E.''Cyc.''517(lyr.); παντοδάπαισι μεμειχμένα χροίαισιν Sapph.20, cf. Numen. ap. Ath.7.282a; [[τοιοῦτον]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἐρυθρόν]]) εἶναι τῇ χροιᾷ τὸ μέλι Porph.''Antr.''16; ἔστιν.. χρόα ἀπορροὴ σχημάτων ὄψει σύμμετρος καὶ αἰσθητός Pl.''Men.''76d; νόμῳ χροιή.. ἐτεῇ δ' ἄτομα καὶ κενόν Democr.125, cf. Anaxag.4, Arist. ''Sens.''440a8; ἐκ τριῶν τὰς χρόας ἅπασας μεμεγμένας, τοῦ φωτός, καὶ δι' ὧν φαίνεται τὸ φῶς, καὶ τῶν ὑποκειμένων χρωμάτων Id.''Col.'' 793b33.<br><span class="bld">2</span> esp. [[colour of the skin]], [[complexion]], χροιῆς ἄνθος ἀμειβομένης Sol.27.6; χροιᾶς ἀμείψεις ἄνθος [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''23; χροιὰν ἀλλάξασα E.''Med.''1168; λευκὴν χ. ἐκ παρασκευῆς ἔχεις Id.''Ba.''457, cf. Ar.''Nu.'' 1012(anap.); <b class="b3">χρόᾳ ἀδήλῳ τῶν δεδραμένων πέρι</b> [[with]] [[colour]] that gives no hint of what has passed, [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1318; <b class="b3">χρόαν.. τὴν σὴν ἥλιος.. αἰγυπτιώσει</b> Pl.Com(?).p.615K. (post ''Fr.''55); χρόας κάλλος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 196a; ἐρίζοι καὶ γάλακι χροιήν Call.''Hec.''1.4.3.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in Music, [[nuance]] of a [[scale]], Plu.2.1143e.—On the [[accent]], v. Hdn.Gr.1.301, al.