χρώς

English (LSJ)

ὁ, gen. χρωτός, dat. χρωτί, acc. χρῶτα (Att. χρώ only in Choerob.in Theod.1.248H.): Ep. and Ion.gen. χροός, dat. χροΐ, acc. χρόα (also in Lesbian, Sapph.Supp.10.6, al.), as always in Hom.and Hes., exc. gen. χρωτός in Il.10.575, acc.

   A χρῶτα Od.18.172, 179, Hes. Op.556; Emp. uses χρωτός, 76.3 (but χροΐ 100.17); Pi. uses χρωτί, χρῶτα, P.1.55, I.4(3).23(41); these forms are freq. in Trag., but Ion. dat. χροΐ occurs in S.Tr.605, and χροός, χροΐ, χρόα are freq. in E., Hec. 548, Med.1175, Ph.264, al. :—dat. χρῷ occurs in the phrase ἐν χρῷ v. infr.1.2 and in Sapph.2.10.—rare in Com.and Att. Prose.    I of the human body, skin or flesh, οὔ σφι λίθος χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος Il.4.510; καὶ γάρ θην τούτῳ τρωτὸς χρώς 21.568; χρῶτ' ἀπονιψαμένη Od.18.172; ἀκρότατον δ' ἄρ' ὀϊστὸς ἐπέγραψε χρόα Il.4.139; ταμέειν χρόα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ 13.501; λιλαιοένη χροὸς ἆσαι, of a spear, 21.168; κακὰ χροΐ εἵματ' ἔχοντα Od.14.506; χρῷ πῦρ ὐπαδεδρόμακεν Sapph.2.10; μύροις χρῶτα λιπαίνων Anaxil.18.1 (anap.): esp. flesh, opp. bone, φθινύθει δ' ἀμφ' ὀστεόφι χρώς Od.16.145; οὐδέ τί οἱ χρὼς σήπεται Il.24.414, cf. 19.33 (which usage is said by Gal. to have been Ionic, 18(2).435, with reference to Hp.Fract.9); τὸ δέρμα τοῦ χρωτός LXX Le.13.11, etc.; τοῦ χρωτὸς ἥδιστον ἀπέπνει Aristox.Fr.Hist.84: generally, one's body, frame, Pi.P.1.55, A.Fr.192.6 (anap.); χριμφθῆναι χροΐ Id.Supp.790 (lyr.); στεῖλαί νυν ἀμφὶ χρωτὶ . . πέπλους E. Ba.821, cf. S.Tr.605: pl., διὰ τί . . οἱ χρῶτες ὄζουσι; Arist.Pr.877b21; also κατεδήσαντο . . τοὺς ὑγιεῖς χρῶτας, ὡς τραυματίαι D.H.9.50.    2 ἐν χροΐ, or ἐν χρῷ, close to the skin, ἐν χροΐ κείρειν to shave close, Hdt.4.175; ἐν χρῷ κεκαρμένοι X.HG1.7.8; ἐν χρῷ κουριῶντας Pherecr. 30:—metaph., to the quick, ξυρεῖ γὰρ ἐν χρῷ τοῦτο S.Aj.786; ἐν χρῷ παραπλεῖν sail past so as to shave or graze, Th.2.84; τὴν μάχην συνάψαι ἐν χρῷ to fight at close quarters, Plu.Thes.27; ἡ ἐν χρῷ συνουσία close acquaintance, Luc.Ind.3: c. gen., ἐν χρῷ τινος close to, hard by a person or thing, τοῦ θώρακος (v.l. σώματος) Plu.2.345a; τῆς γῆς ib. 925b, Luc.Herm.5: abs., ἐν χρῷ near at hand, Id.Hist.Conscr.24, al.; cf. EM313.53, Hsch.    II the colour of the skin, complexion, μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόν Il.5.354; τρέπεται χ. his colour changes, i. e. he turns pale, 13.279, cf. 17.733; ὠχρήσαντα χρόα Od.11.529; χρόα . . ἀμείβειν Parm.8.41; μεθίστη χρωτὸς . . φύσιν E. Alc.174; μεταλλακτῆρα πουλύπουν χροός Ion Trag.36; τί χρὼς τέτραπται; (paratrag.) Ar.Lys.127; φεῦγε δ' ἀπὸ χρώς Theocr.23.13; rare in Att. Prose, ἐπὶ τῷ χρωτὶ μέγα φρονεῖν X.Smp.4.54, cf. Oec.10.5: in Ion. Prose, of the colour of a finger, χροΐ δῆλα Pherecyd.Syr. ap.D.L.1.118 (v.l. χρωΐ, cf. Vorsokr.5i.44).    2 generally, colour, ἀμείβων χρῶτα πορφυρᾷ βαφῇ A.Pers.317; τὸν χρῶτα [μεταβάλλει] ὁ χαμαιλέων Arist.Mir.832b14; χρὼς αἵματος Orph.L.660.