χροιά

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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,

   A sign.5, al. (v. χρώς):—skin, esp. 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; τὰ ἐξανθεῦντα ἐς τὴν χροιὴν (skin, surface) ἢ χροιῇ (colour, signf. 11) ἢ οἰδήμασι Hp.de Arte9: cf. χρώς.    2 metaph., 'skin', i.e. surface, Pythagorean term, Arist.Sens.439a31, Placit.1.15.2, Theol.Ar.18(pl.); χ. ἐπίπεδος ib.10; so perh. in Epicur.Fr.81, Phld.Sign.5, al.    3 appearance to the eye, of heavenly bodies, Id.D.3.9.    II superficial appearance of a thing, its colour, Thgn.451, A.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.    2 esp. colour of the skin, complexion, χροιῆς ἄνθος ἀμειβομένης Sol.27.6; χροιᾶς ἀμείψεις ἄνθος A.Pr.23; χροιὰν ἀλλάξασα E.Med.1168; λευκὴν χ. ἐκ παρασκευῆς ἔχεις Id.Ba.457, cf. Ar.Nu. 1012(anap.); χρόᾳ ἀδήλῳ τῶν δεδραμένων πέρι with colour that gives no hint of what has passed, E.Or.1318; χρόαν . . τὴν σὴν ἥλιος . . αἰγυπτιώσει Pl.Com(?).p.615K. (post Fr.55); χρόας κάλλος Pl.Smp. 196a; ἐρίζοι καὶ γάλακι χροιήν Call.Hec.1.4.3.    III in Music, nuance of a scale, Plu.2.1143e.—On the accent, v. Hdn.Gr.1.301, al.