χεῖλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(Dor. [[χῆλος]] Cerc.1.5, Aeol. [[χέλλος]] Choerob. in ''An.Ox.'' 2.278), εος, τό: pl., gen.<br><span class="bld">A</span> χειλῶν Arist.''HA''492b26; χειλέων Herod. 3.4, [[LXX]] ''Pr.''12.13, al., Plu.''Cat.Ma.''12, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''14: ''poet.'' dat. [[χείλεσσι]] (v. infr.):—[[lip]], Hom., etc.: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">ἐγέλασσε χείλεσιν</b> laughed [[with the lips only]], Il.15.102; <b class="b3">χείλεα μέν τ' ἐδίην', ὑπερῴην δ' οὐκ ἐδίηνε</b> wetted [[the lips]], but not the palate, i.e. drank sparingly, 22.495; νέκταρ ἐν χείλεσσι στάξοισι Pi.''P.''9.63; <b class="b3">πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χ.</b>, of Pericles, Eup.94.5; χείλεσιν διδοὺς ὀδόντας E.''Ba.''621 (troch.); <b class="b3">χείλεσιν ἀμφιλάλοις</b>, of incessant talk, Ar.''Ra.'' 678 (lyr.); <b class="b3">δάκνων τὰ χ.</b>, of one in a difficulty, Eub.53.6; ἄχρις ἡ ψυχή.. ἐπὶ χειλέων λειφθῇ Herod. [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι τὰς ψυχὰς ἔχοντες</b> 'with their hearts in their mouths', D.Chr.32.50; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ χειλέων</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀπὸ καρδίας</b>, Plu. [[l.c.]]; ἀπ' ἄκρου χ. φιλοσοφεῖν [[on the surface only]], Luc.''Apol.''6; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἄκρου τοῦ χ.</b> on the tip of one's [[tongue]], Id.''Ind.''26; <b class="b3">προσαρμόσαι τὰ χ.</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῇ κύλικι</b>) Id.''DDeor.''5.2; <b class="b3">προσαρμόζειν τὰ χ., χείλη προσεγγίσαι χείλεσιν</b>, of persons kissing, Id.''DMeretr.''5.3, ''Am.''53; <b class="b3">χείλεσιν διερρυηκόσιν</b> with gaping [[lips]], Ar.''Nu.''873; ἐν τοῖς χ. τιμᾶν [[LXX]] ''Is.''29.13; <b class="b3">ἐν χ. ἑτέρων λαλεῖν</b>, i.e. in strange [[speech]], ''1 Ep.Cor.''14.21; χ. ἓν πάντων [[LXX]] ''Ge.''11.6, cf. ''Pr.''10.19.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of horses, X.''Eq.''6.8: of birds, [[bill]], [[beak]], E.''Ion''1199, Opp.''H.''3.247, ''AP''9.333 (Mnasalc.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> 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. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.123, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''459; of a ditch, Il.12.52, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.179, Th.3.23; of the ocean, Mimn.11.7, cf. [[LXX]] ''Ge.''22.17; τῶν τῆς γῆς τροχῶν Pl. ''Criti.''115e; of rivers, lakes, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.70,94, Arist.''HA''570a22; of the whorls, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 616d, 616e; [[αὐλαίας]], [[τείχους]], [[LXX]] ''Ex.''26.4, Plb.10.44.11; of the womb, Arist.''HA''583a16; of a wound, Gal.11.127.