χόνδρος
Καλὸν τὸ μηδὲν εἰς φίλους ἁμαρτάνειν → Nihil peccare in amicos est pulcherrimum → Gut ist, sich gegen Freunde nicht versündigen
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A granule or lump of salt, ἁλὸς χόνδρους Hp.Ulc.17, cf. Sophr. in PSI11.1214a.3: pl., PLit.Lond.167.18 (ii/iii A. D.); ἁλὸς τρύφεα κατὰ χόνδρους μεγάλους Hdt.4.181; οἰκία ἐκ τῶν ἁλίνων χ. οἰκοδομέαται ib.185:—χόνδρος abs., salt, χ. ἐποψίδιος AP7.736 (Leon.); also of the gum of frankincense, Thphr.HP9.4.10; λιβανωτοῦ χ. Luc.Sat.16, cf. Asin.12; χ. λιβάνου Dsc.1.68.7. 2 groats of wheat or spelt (esp. the latter, Dsc.2.96, Gp.3.7); σασαμίδας χόνδρον τε καὶ ἐγκρίδας Stesich.2; χόνδρον ἕψων Ar.Fr.203, cf. 412 (anap.); χ. γάλακι κατανενιμμένος Pherecr.108.18; ἐκ δ' Ἰταλίας χ. καὶ πλευρὰ βόεια Hermipp.63.6 (hex.); χ. Μεγαρικός, Θετταλικός, Antiph. 34.2,3, Alex.191; ὁ χ. πλεῖον ὕδωρ δέχεται ἢ οἱ πυροὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ τοιοῦτος ἐγένετο χ. Arist.Pr.929b1, cf. Thphr.CP4.16.2, Plb.12.2.5; χόνδρου πτισάνη Gal.6.496: hence, gruel, porridge, Thphr.HP 4.4.9, Orac. ap. Hierocl. in CA1p.421M.: prov., of an old man, χόνδρον λείχειν Ar.V.737 (anap.). II gristle, cartilage, Hp.Aph. 6.19, Arist.HA516b31, PA655a37: esp. the cartilage of the breast, which unites the false ribs at the termination of the breast-bone, Hp.Epid.7.3, cf. Prorrh.2.7, Nic.Al.123; and v. ξιφοειδής; also, the cartilage of the ear, Arist.HA492a16; of the nose, Poll.2.79; of the windpipe (i. e. uvula), ib.99; ὠλενίτης χ. the shoulder-blade, Lyc.155; also of the young horns of deer, Ael.NA6.5.
