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Καλὸν τὸ γηρᾶν καὶ τὸ μὴ γηρᾶν πάλιν → Res pulchra senium, pulchra non senescere → Schön ist das Altsein, doch nicht alt sein wieder auch

Menander, Monostichoi, 283
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Transliteration A: chamailéōn Transliteration B: chamaileōn Transliteration C: chamaileon Beta Code: xamaile/wn

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.