χεῖλος
Λεύσσετε, Θήβης οἱ κοιρανίδαι τὴν βασιλειδᾶν μούνην λοιπήν, οἷα πρὸς οἵων ἀνδρῶν πάσχω → See, you leaders of Thebes, what sorts of things I, its last princess, suffer at the hands of such men
English (LSJ)
(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.
