χόνδρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[granule]] or [[lump]] of salt, ἁλὸς χόνδρους <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ulc.</span>17</span>, cf. Sophr. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>11.1214</span>[[a]].<span class="bibl">3</span>: pl., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLit.Lond.</span>167.18</span> (ii/iii A. D.); ἁλὸς τρύφεα κατὰ χόνδρους μεγάλους <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.181</span>; <b class="b3">οἰκία ἐκ τῶν ἁλίνων χ. οἰκοδομέαται</b> ib.<span class="bibl">185</span>:—[[χόνδρος]] abs., [[salt]], χ. ἐποψίδιος <span class="title">AP</span>7.736 (Leon.); also of the [[gum]] of frankincense, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.4.10</span>; λιβανωτοῦ χ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Sat.</span>16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Asin.</span>12</span>; χ. λιβάνου Dsc.1.68.7. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[groats of wheat]] or [[spelt]] (esp. the latter, Dsc.2.96, <span class="title">Gp.</span>3.7); σασαμίδας χόνδρον τε καὶ ἐγκρίδας <span class="bibl">Stesich.2</span>; χόνδρον ἕψων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>203</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">412</span> (anap.); χ. γάλακι κατανενιμμένος <span class="bibl">Pherecr.108.18</span>; ἐκ δ' Ἰταλίας χ. καὶ πλευρὰ βόεια <span class="bibl">Hermipp.63.6</span> (hex.); <b class="b3">χ. Μεγαρικός, Θετταλικός</b>, <span class="bibl">Antiph. 34.2</span>,<span class="bibl">3</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.191</span>; ὁ χ. πλεῖον ὕδωρ δέχεται ἢ οἱ πυροὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ τοιοῦτος ἐγένετο χ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>929b1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>4.16.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.12.2.5</span>; χόνδρου πτισάνη Gal.6.496: hence, [[gruel]], [[porridge]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span> 4.4.9</span>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hierocl. <span class="title">in CA</span>1p.421M.</span>: prov., of an old man, χόνδρον λείχειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>737</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[gristle]], [[cartilage]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span> 6.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>516b31</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>655a37</span>: esp. [[the cartilage of the breast]], which unites the false ribs at the termination of the breast-bone, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prorrh.</span>2.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>123</span>; and v. [[ξιφοειδής]]; also, [[the cartilage]] of the ear, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>492a16</span>; of the nose, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.79</span>; of the windpipe (i. e. [[uvula]]), ib.<span class="bibl">99</span>; <b class="b3">ὠλενίτης χ</b>. the shoulder-[[blade]], Lyc.155; also of [[the young horns]] of deer, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>6.5</span>.</span>