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|Definition=ὁ (ἡ E.''Fr.''1106), Att.contr. [[χνοῦς]], gen. [[χνοῦ]]: heterocl. gen.<br><span class="bld">A</span> χνοός Choerob. ''in Theod.''1.234H.; dat. χνοΐ [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 6.10.7, Gal.13.850:—<b class="b3">ἁλὸς χνόος</b> [[incrustation]] from [[salt]] [[water]], <b class="b3">ἔκ κεφαλῆς ἔσμηχεν ἁλὸς χνόον</b>, Od.6.226; [[wool]] pulled for [[stuff]]ing [[cushion]]s, [[flock]], [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[μνοῦς]] in Hp.''Mul.''1.61; used in applying a [[powder]], Gal. [[l.c.]]; [[chaff]], [[LXX]] ''Ps.''1.4: [[powder]], [[proverb|prov.]], [ὄνος] εἰς ἄχυρα καὶ χνοῦν Ar.''Fr.''76; [[dust]] of the [[earth]], [[LXX]] ''2 Ki.''22.43, ''2 Ch.''1.9; <b class="b3">ὡς δοκεῖν τοῦ καλουμένου χνοῦ μεστοὺς εἶναι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς</b>) Gal.16.552.<br><span class="bld">II</span> fine [[down]] on a [[flower]] or in the [[seed]]-[[vessel]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 2.8.4, D.S.2.59: [[bloom]] on [[fruit]], ἐν Καρίᾳ φασὶν ἄπιόν τιν' ἔχειν χνοῦν ἁλμώδη [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 6.10.7; μάλων χνοῦς ἐπικαρπίδιος ''AP''9.226 (Zon.); the [[first]] [[down]] on the [[chin]] or [[cheek]]s, χνοῦς ὥσπερ μήλοισιν ἐπήνθει Ar.''Nu.''978 (anap.); [[κοῦρος]] ἔτ' ἀρτιγένειον ἔχων χνόον ''AP''9.219 (Diod.); θηλείαις οὐδ' ὅσσον ἐπὶ χνόος ἦλθε παρειαῖς Call.''Ap.''37; ἐντίκτει τι χνοῦ ἀνάπλεων [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''605b15: pl., D.H.''Dem.''51.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[bloom]] or [[film]] of archaism in writing, <b class="b3">ὅ τε πίνος αὐτῇ</b> (i.e. in Plato's style) [καὶ χ.] ὁ τῆς ἀρχαιότητος.. ἐπιτρέχει interpol. in D.H.''Dem.''5; <b class="b3">ἐπανθεῖ τις.. χνοῦς ἀρχαιοπινής</b> ib.38, cf. Plu.2.79d; <b class="b3">οἱονεὶ τῆς γονίμου φύσεως χ.</b>, of [[χλόη]], Porph.''Abst.''2.5. (Cf. [[χνιαρωτέρα]], [[χνίει]].)