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|Definition=Ep. and Ion. χροιή, <span class="bibl">Il.14.164</span>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.1017</span> (in Call.<span class="title">Lav. Pall.</span>28 <b class="b3">χροϊά</b> (<b class="b3">χροίην</b> codd.)), Att. χροιά and χρόα, the latter always in Pl. (v. infr.), also in Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3.9, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sign]].5, al. (v. <b class="b3">χρώς</b>):—[[skin]], esp. of the human body, hence [[the body]] itself, παραδραθέειν φιλότητι ᾑ χροιῇ Il. l.c.; κατὰ χροιὴν ῥέει ἱδρώς Thgn. l.c.; ὄζειν . . τῆς χρόας ἔφασκεν ἡδύ μου <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1020</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐξανθεῦντα ἐς τὴν χροιὴν</b> ([[skin]], [[surface]]) <b class="b3">ἢ χροιῇ</b> ([[colour]], signf. <span class="bibl">11</span>) ἢ οἰδήμασι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">de Arte</span>9</span>: cf. [[χρώς]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., 'skin', i.e. [[surface]], Pythagorean term, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Sens.</span>439a31</span>, <span class="title">Placit.</span>1.15.2, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>18(pl.); <b class="b3">χ. ἐπίπεδος</b> ib.10; so perh. in <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>81</span>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span>5</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[appearance]] to the eye, of heavenly bodies, Id.<span class="title">D.</span>3.9. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[superficial appearance]] of a thing, its [[colour]], <span class="bibl">Thgn.451</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>493</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>517</span>(lyr.); παντοδάπαισι μεμειχμένα χροίαισιν Sapph.20, cf. Numen. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.282a</span>; <b class="b3">τοιοῦτον</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἐρυθρόν</b>) εἶναι τῇ χροιᾷ τὸ μέλι <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Antr.</span>16</span>; ἔστιν . . χρόα ἀπορροὴ σχημάτων ὄψει σύμμετρος καὶ αἰσθητός <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>76d</span>; νόμῳ χροιή . . ἐτεῇ δ' ἄτομα καὶ κενόν <span class="bibl">Democr.125</span>, cf. Anaxag.4, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Sens.</span>440a8</span>; ἐκ τριῶν τὰς χρόας ἅπασας μεμεγμένας, τοῦ φωτός, καὶ δι' ὧν φαίνεται τὸ φῶς, καὶ τῶν ὑποκειμένων χρωμάτων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Col.</span> 793b33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> esp. <b class="b2">colour of the skin, complexion</b>, χροιῆς ἄνθος ἀμειβομένης <span class="bibl">Sol.27.6</span>; χροιᾶς ἀμείψεις ἄνθος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>23</span>; χροιὰν ἀλλάξασα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1168</span>; λευκὴν χ. ἐκ παρασκευῆς ἔχεις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>457</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 1012</span>(anap.); <b class="b3">χρόᾳ ἀδήλῳ τῶν δεδραμένων πέρι</b> [[with colour]] that gives no hint of what has passed, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1318</span>; <b class="b3">χρόαν . . τὴν σὴν ἥλιος . . αἰγυπτιώσει</b> Pl.Com(?).<span class="bibl">p.615K.</span> (post <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>55</span>); χρόας κάλλος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span> 196a</span>; ἐρίζοι καὶ γάλακι χροιήν <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1.4.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in Music, [[nuance]] of a scale, Plu.2.1143e.—On the accent, v. Hdn.Gr.1.301, al.</span>