Χῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, (contr. from [[Χίιος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[Chian]], [[of Chios]] or [[from Chios]], [[Χῖαι [κρηπῖδες]]] Hp.''Art.''62, cf. Aristomen.11, etc.; σύκινα ''PCair.Zen.''33.12 (iii B. C.); Χῖος [[ἀοιδός]], i.e. [[Homer]], Theoc.7.47; χ. ἄνθρωπος D.35.52: [[proverb|prov.]], [[Χῖος δεσπότην ὠνήσατο]] = a [[Chian]] [[purchase]]d his [[master]], '[[caught a Tartar]]', Eup.269.<br><span class="bld">b</span> esp. [[οἶνος]] Χῖος Ar.''Ec.''1139: freq. without [[οἶνος]], Id.''Fr.''216.3, etc.; ἐν ἀκρήτῳ Χίῳ ''AP''7.422 (Leon.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> as [[substantive]], [[Χῖοι]] or [[οἱ Χῖοι]] the [[Chians]]; without Art., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.142, Th.1.19, 3.32, etc.; with Art., Id.8.15,22, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[ὁ Χῖος]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[βόλος]]), = [[κύων]] v1, the worst throw of the dice (cf. [[χιάς]]), i.e. the [[external]] [[face]] of the [[ἀστράγαλος]] (Ruf.''Oss.'' 38), with the [[ace]]-[[dot]], opp. [[Κῷος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), Χῖος παραστὰς Κῷον οὐκ ἐᾷ λέγειν Stratt.23, cf. Arist.''Cael.''292a29, ''AP''7.422 (Leon.), Poll. 7.204, 205, Zen.4.74: hence [[proverb|prov.]], [[Χῖος πρὸς Κῷον]] = [[Chian]] to [[Coan]] ibid. (in Arist. ''HA''499b29 [[χῖα]] is cj. for [[ἰσχία]], [[κῷα]] for [[κῶλα]]).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[οὐ Χῖος, ἀλλὰ Κεῖος]] = [[not a roguish Chian, but an honest Ceian]], [[not a Chian, but a Ceian]], v. [[Κέως]].<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[Χία]], ἡ, = [[μαστίχη]], ''Glossaria''.