Χῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, (contr. from [[Χίιος]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[Chian]], [[of Chios]] or [[from Chios]], [[Χῖαι [κρηπῖδες]]] <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>62</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aristomen.11</span>, etc.; σύκινα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>33.12</span> (iii B. C.); [[Χ. ἀοιδός]], i. e. [[Homer]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.47</span>; χ. ἄνθρωπος <span class="bibl">D.35.52</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], [[Χῖος δεσπότην ὠνήσατο]] '[[caught a Tartar]]', <span class="bibl">Eup.269</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> esp. οἶνος Χ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1139</span>: freq. without [[οἶνος]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>216.3</span>, etc.; ἐν ἀκρήτῳ Χίῳ <span class="title">AP</span>7.422 (Leon.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> as Subst., [[Χῖοι]] or [[οἱ Χῖοι]] the [[Chians]]; without Art., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.142</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.19</span>, <span class="bibl">3.32</span>, etc.; with Art., <span class="bibl">Id.8.15</span>,<span class="bibl">22</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[ὁ Χῖος]] (sc. [[βόλος]]), = [[κύων]]<span class="bibl"> v1</span>, the worst throw of the dice (cf. [[χιάς]]), i. e. the external face of the [[ἀστράγαλος]] (Ruf.<span class="title">Oss.</span> 38), with the [[ace-dot]], opp. [[Κῷος]] (q. v.), Χῖος παραστὰς Κῷον οὐκ ἐᾷ λέγειν <span class="bibl">Stratt.23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>292a29</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>7.422 (Leon.), <span class="bibl">Poll. 7.204</span>, <span class="bibl">205</span>, <span class="bibl">Zen.4.74</span>: hence [[proverb|prov.]], [[Χῖος πρὸς Κῷον]] ibid. (in <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>499b29</span> [[χῖα]] is cj. for [[ἰσχία]], [[κῷα]] for [[κῶλα]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[οὐ Χῖος ἀλλὰ Κεῖος]], v. [[Κέως]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[Χία]], ἡ,</b> = [[μαστίχη]], <span class="title">Gloss.</span></span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[Χῖος]], η, ον [from [[Χίος]] [contr. from Χίιος]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> Chian, of or from [[Chios]], X. [[ἀοιδός]], i. e. [[Homer]], Theocr.; [[Χῖος]] [[οἶνος]] Ar.; so [[Χῖος]] [[alone]], Anth.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> as Subst., Χῖοι, οἱ, the Chians, Hdt., Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> ὁ [[Χῖος]] (sc. βόλοσ), the [[worst]] [[throw]] on the [[dice]], the [[side]] with the ace-dot [[being]] called [[Χῖος]], the opp. [[side]] with the [[size]]-[[point]] [[being]] [[Κῷος]]:—for οὐ [[Χῖος]] ἀλλὰ [[Κεῖος]], v. [[Κέως]].