χειά
From LSJ
ἀθρόαις πέντε δραπὼν νύκτεσσιν ἔν θ' ἁμέραις ἱερὸν εὐζοίας ἄωτον → for five whole nights and days, culling the sacred excellence of joyous living | reaping the sacred bloom of good living for five full nights and as many days
English (LSJ)
Ion. χειή, ἡ,
A hole, esp. of serpents, Il.22.93,95, Plu.2.169e, Orph.L.473; ἥβαν οὐχ ὑπὸ χειᾷ δάμασεν he buried not his youth in a hole, Pi.I.8(7).77: pl., Schwyzer 194.5 (Crete).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1341] ἡ, ion. u. ep. χειή, Loch, Höhle, Schlupfwinkel, bes. der Schlangen und Drachen; Il. 22, 93. 95; Pind. I. 7, 70. S. χέεια.
