χοῖρος

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οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύgood is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity

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Transliteration A: choîros Transliteration B: choiros Transliteration C: choiros Beta Code: xoi=ros

English (LSJ)

(ἡ Hippon.40, S.Fr.230, Ar.Ach.764):—

   A young pig, porker (younger than δέλφαξ, Ar.Byz. ap. Ath 9.375. Cratin.3a), Od. 14.73, Alc.Supp.24.2, Hdt.2.48, A.Fr.309, Ar.Ach.781, etc.; offered as one of the smaller sacrifices, Pl.R.378a, X.An.7.8.5, D.54.39, Henioch.2.    b generally, = ὗς, σῦς, swine, ἤδη δέλφακες, χοῖροι δὲ τοῖσιν ἄλλοις Cratin. l.c., cf. Mnesim.4.47 (anap.), Plu.Cic.7, Ev.Matt. 8.30.    2 pudenda muliebria, freq. in Com. poets, who are always punning on the word and its compds., Ar.Ach.773 sq., etc.; said to be a Corinthian usage, Suid.    II a fish of the Nile, Str.17.2.4, Ath.7.312a, Gp.20.7.1, 13 tit. (Perh. for ĝhoryo- 'grey', cf. Norse griss 'sucking-pig', OHG grīs 'grey', or cf. Alb. de[rmacr ] 'pig'.)