χάος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], εος, Att. ους, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">chaos</b>, the first state of the universe, πρώτιστα χ. γένετ', αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα Γαῖ' εὐρύστερνος κτλ. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>116</span>, cf. Ibyc.28, <span class="bibl">Epich.170.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Acus.<span class="title">Fr.</span>5J.</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1091b6</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 693</span> (anap.); χάους . . παῖς καλεῦμαι Simm.<span class="title">Alae</span>7; represented sts. as <b class="b2">infinite space</b>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>3.121</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plot.6.8.11</span>; sts. as <b class="b2">unformed matter</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>32</span> (esp., acc. to the Stoics, <b class="b2">water</b>, Zeno Stoic.1.29 (with deriv. fr. <b class="b3">χέω</b>)). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">space, the expanse of air</b>, ἄτρυτον χ. <span class="bibl">B.5.27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>424</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">627</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>1218</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">τὸ χ. τοῦ ἐφ' ἑκάτερα ἀπείρου αἰῶνος</b>, of <b class="b2">infinite</b> time, <span class="bibl">M.Ant.4.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">the nether abyss, infinite darkness</b>, joined with <b class="b3">Ἔρεβος</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>371e</span>; with <b class="b3">ὄρφνη</b>, <span class="bibl">Q.S. 2.614</span>; represented as in the interior of the globe, Plu.2.953a; <b class="b3">χάους κύνα</b>, of Cerberus, <span class="title">APl.</span>4.91. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> generally, <b class="b2">darkness</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1697</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">any vast gulf</b> or <b class="b2">chasm</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Mi.</span>1.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Za.</span>14.4</span>; of a <b class="b2">pit</b>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>4.92</span>; of the <b class="b2">gaping jaws</b> of the crocodile, ib.<span class="bibl">3.414</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.161</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">H.</span>5.52</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> Pythag. name for <b class="b2">one</b>, Theol.Ar.6.</span>