χνόος
ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐ δέδεται → the word of God will not be dishonoured, the word of God will not be dishonored
English (LSJ)
ὁ (ἡ E.Fr.1106), Att.contr. χνοῦς, gen. χνοῦ: heterocl. gen.
A χνοός Choerob. in Theod.1.234H.; dat. χνοΐ Thphr.CP6.10.7, Gal.13.850:—ἁλὸς χ.incrustation from salt water, ἔκ κεφαλῆς ἔσμηχεν ἁλὸς χνόον, Od.6.226; wool pulled for stuffing cushions, flock, f.l. for μνοῦς in Hp.Mul.1.61; used in applying a powder, Gal. l.c.; chaff, LXXPs.1.4: powder, prov., [ὄνος] εἰς ἄχυρα καὶ χνοῦν Ar.Fr.76; dust of the earth, LXX 2 Ki.22.43, 2 Ch.1.9; ὡς δοκεῖν τοῦ καλουμένου χνοῦ μεστοὺς εἶναι (sc. τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς) Gal.16.552. II fine down on a flower or in the seed-vessel, Thphr.HP2.8.4, D.S.2.59:bloom on fruit, ἐν Καρίᾳ φασὶν ἄπιόν τιν' ἔχειν χνοῦν ἁλμώδη Thphr.CP6.10.7; μάλων χνοῦς ἐπικαρπίδιος AP9.226 (Zon.); the first down on the chin or cheeks, χνοῦς ὥσπερ μήλοισιν ἐπήνθει Ar.Nu.978 (anap.); κοῦρος ἔτ' ἀρτιγένειον ἔχων χνόον AP9.219 (Diod.); θηλείαις οὐδ' ὅσσον ἐπὶ χνόος ἦλθε παρειαῖς Call.Ap.37; ἐντίκτει τι χνοῦ ἀνάπλεων Arist.HA605b15: pl., D.H.Dem.51. 2 metaph., bloom or film of archaism in writing, ὅ τε πίνος αὐτῇ (i.e. in Plato's style) [καὶ χ.] ὁ τῆς ἀρχαιότητος . . ἐπιτρέχει interpol. in D.H.Dem.5; ἐπανθεῖ τις . . χνοῦς ἀρχαιοπινής ib.38, cf. Plu.2.79d; οἱονεὶ τῆς γονίμου φύσεως χ., of χλόη, Porph.Abst.2.5. (Cf. χνιαρωτέρα, χνίει.)
