χρώς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, gen. <b class="b3">χρωτός</b>, dat. <b class="b3">χρωτί</b>, acc. <b class="b3">χρῶτα</b> (Att. <b class="b3">χρώ</b> only in <span class="bibl">Choerob.<span class="title">in Theod.</span>1.248H.</span>): Ep. and Ion.gen. <b class="b3">χροός</b>, dat. <b class="b3">χροΐ</b>, acc. <b class="b3">χρόα</b> (also in Lesbian, <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>10.6</span>, al.), as always in Hom.and Hes., exc. gen. <b class="b3">χρωτός</b> in <span class="bibl">Il.10.575</span>, acc. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> χρῶτα <span class="bibl">Od.18.172</span>, <span class="bibl">179</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>556</span>; Emp. uses <b class="b3">χρωτός</b>, <span class="bibl">76.3</span> (but χροΐ <span class="bibl">100.17</span>); Pi. uses <b class="b3">χρωτί, χρῶτα</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>1.55</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span>4(3).23(41)</span>; these forms are freq. in Trag., but Ion. dat. <b class="b3">χροΐ</b> occurs in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>605</span>, and <b class="b3">χροός, χροΐ, χρόα</b> are freq. in <span class="bibl">E., <span class="title">Hec.</span> 548</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Med.</span>1175</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>264</span>, al. :—dat. <b class="b3">χρῷ</b> occurs in the phrase <b class="b3">ἐν χρῷ</b> v. infr.<span class="bibl">1.2</span> and in Sapph.2.10.—rare in Com.and Att. Prose. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of the human body, [[skin]] or [[flesh]], οὔ σφι λίθος χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος <span class="bibl">Il.4.510</span>; καὶ γάρ θην τούτῳ τρωτὸς χρώς <span class="bibl">21.568</span>; χρῶτ' ἀπονιψαμένη <span class="bibl">Od.18.172</span>; ἀκρότατον δ' ἄρ' ὀϊστὸς ἐπέγραψε χρόα <span class="bibl">Il.4.139</span>; ταμέειν χρόα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ <span class="bibl">13.501</span>; <b class="b3">λιλαιοένη χροὸς ἆσαι</b>, of a spear, <span class="bibl">21.168</span>; κακὰ χροΐ εἵματ' ἔχοντα <span class="bibl">Od.14.506</span>; χρῷ πῦρ ὐπαδεδρόμακεν Sapph.2.10; μύροις χρῶτα λιπαίνων <span class="bibl">Anaxil.18.1</span> (anap.): esp. [[flesh]], opp. bone, φθινύθει δ' ἀμφ' ὀστεόφι χρώς <span class="bibl">Od.16.145</span>; οὐδέ τί οἱ χρὼς σήπεται <span class="bibl">Il.24.414</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19.33</span> (which usage is said by Gal. to have been Ionic, 18(2).435, with reference to <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>9</span>); τὸ δέρμα τοῦ χρωτός <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Le.</span>13.11</span>, etc.; τοῦ χρωτὸς ἥδιστον ἀπέπνει <span class="bibl">Aristox.<span class="title">Fr.Hist.</span>84</span>: generally, <b class="b2">one's body, frame</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.55</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>192.6</span> (anap.); χριμφθῆναι χροΐ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>790</span> (lyr.); στεῖλαί νυν ἀμφὶ χρωτὶ . . πέπλους <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ba.</span>821</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>605</span>: pl., διὰ τί . . οἱ χρῶτες ὄζουσι; <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>877b21</span>; also κατεδήσαντο . . τοὺς ὑγιεῖς χρῶτας, ὡς τραυματίαι <span class="bibl">D.H.9.50</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἐν χροΐ</b>, or <b class="b3">ἐν χρῷ</b>, [[close to the skin]], <b class="b3">ἐν χροΐ κείρειν</b> to shave [[close]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.175</span>; ἐν χρῷ κεκαρμένοι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.7.8</span>; ἐν χρῷ κουριῶντας <span class="bibl">Pherecr. 30</span>:—metaph., [[to the quick]], ξυρεῖ γὰρ ἐν χρῷ τοῦτο <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>786</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν χρῷ παραπλεῖν</b> sail past [[so as to shave]] or [[graze]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.84</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν μάχην συνάψαι ἐν χρῷ</b> to fight [[at close quarters]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>27</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐν χρῷ συνουσία</b> [[close]] acquaintance, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ind.</span>3</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">ἐν χρῷ τινος</b> [[close to]], [[hard by]] a person or thing, <b class="b3">τοῦ θώρακος</b> (v.l. [[σώματος]]) Plu.2.345a; <b class="b3">τῆς γῆς</b> ib. 925b, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>5</span>: abs., ἐν χρῷ [[near at hand]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>24</span>, al.; cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>313.53</span>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">the colour of the skin, complexion</b>, μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόν <span class="bibl">Il.5.354</span>; <b class="b3">τρέπεται χ</b>. his [[colour]] changes, i. e. he turns pale, <span class="bibl">13.279</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17.733</span>; ὠχρήσαντα χρόα <span class="bibl">Od.11.529</span>; χρόα . . ἀμείβειν <span class="bibl">Parm.8.41</span>; μεθίστη χρωτὸς . . φύσιν <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Alc.</span>174</span>; <b class="b3">μεταλλακτῆρα πουλύπουν χροός</b> Ion Trag.<span class="bibl">36</span>; <b class="b3">τί χρὼς τέτραπται;</b> (paratrag.) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>127</span>; <b class="b3">φεῦγε δ' ἀπὸ χρώς</b> Theocr.<span class="bibl">23.13</span>; rare in Att. Prose, ἐπὶ τῷ χρωτὶ μέγα φρονεῖν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.54</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Oec.</span>10.5</span>: in Ion. Prose, of the [[colour]] of a finger, χροΐ δῆλα Pherecyd.Syr. ap.<span class="bibl">D.L.1.118</span> (v.l. [[χρωΐ]], cf. <span class="title">Vorsokr.</span>5i.44). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[colour]], ἀμείβων χρῶτα πορφυρᾷ βαφῇ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>317</span>; τὸν χρῶτα [μεταβάλλει] ὁ χαμαιλέων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>832b14</span>; χρὼς αἵματος <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">L.</span>660</span>.</span>