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|Definition=ατος, τό, ([[χρώννυμι]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[skin]], especially of the human body, κάθαρσις διὰ τοῦ χρώματος Hp.<span class="title">Insomn.</span>89 (sed [[χρωτός]] recte cod. θ). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[colour]], especially of the skin or body, [[complexion]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.32</span>, <span class="bibl">3.101</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Aph.</span>4.40</span>, etc.; χρῶμα ἀλλάξαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1246</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>466</span>; μεθιστάναι τοῦ χρώματος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>399</span> (lyr.); τὸ χ. διακεκναις μένος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 120</span>; <b class="b3">παντοδαπὰ ἠφίει χρώματα</b> changed [[colour]] continually, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span> 222b</span>; <b class="b3">χ. διαμένον</b> an unchanging [[colour]] (of the face), <span class="bibl">Nicol.Com.1.28</span>; so of animals, x.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>4.7. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[colour]], Gorg. ap. <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span> 7.85</span>; defined by Zeno Stoic.1.26; <b class="b3">χρώματα βάπτειν</b> use [[pigment]]s for [[dye]]ing, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>429e</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν χρωμάτων καὶ σχημάτων θεωρεῖν</b>, i.e. look to [[the outside]] only, ib.<span class="bibl">601a</span>; διὰ τῶν χ. ἀπεικάζειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.10.1</span>; χρώμασι καὶ σχήμασι μιμεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1447a18</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ χρωμάτων</b>, title of treatise by Arist.; ἐναλείφειν τοῖς χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">GA</span>743b24</span>; χρωμάτων κρᾶσις <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Zeux.</span>5</span>; <b class="b3">χρώματος ἔντριψις</b>, of cosmetics, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.2</span>; τοῖς ἐγχρίστοις εἰς τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς χρώμασιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span> 747a10</span>; of medicines, φάρμακα χρώμασι καὶ ὀσμαῖς πεποικιλμένα <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Cra.</span>394a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[turmeric]], [[Curcuma longa]], used in dyeing, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Od.</span>31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[complexion]], [[character of style]] in writing, <b class="b3">χρώματα [λέξεως</b>] (of <b class="b3">τὸ στριφνόν, τὸ τυκνόν</b>, etc.) D.H.<span class="title">Amm.</span>2.2; ποιητικῆς χρώματα Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.84K., cf. <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>1.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph. in plural, [[ornaments]], [[embellishments]], ἀλλοτρίοις χ. καὶ κόσμοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>239d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>465b</span>; also of style or language, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span> 20</span>; of Music, γυμνωθέντα . . τῶν τῆς μουσικῆς χρωμάτων τὰ τῶν τοιητῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>601b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in Music, a [[modification]] of the simplest music: τὰ μέλη μεταβολαῖς καὶ χρώμασιν ὡς εὖ κέκραται <span class="bibl">Antiph.209.4</span>; χρώματα εὔχροα ἐκιθάρισε <span class="bibl">Philoch.66</span>:but esp. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[chromatic]] scale or music, οὔτε χρῶμα δειλοὺς οὔτε ἁρμονία ἀνδρείους ποιεῖ Anon. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span>1.13.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Cleonid.<span class="title">Harm.</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl">Bacch.<span class="title">Harm.</span>23</span>, etc.: χρῶμα μαλακόν, χρῶμα ἡμιόλιον, χρῶμα τονιαῖον, <span class="bibl">Cleonid.<span class="title">Harm.</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Rhet., [[complexion]], [[colourable pretence]], <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Stat.</span>1</span>,<span class="bibl">3</span>(pl.), Arg.D.19<abbr title="Illegible text in print source">†</abbr>12. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> of the [[faction]]s in the [[Circus]] at [[Constantinople]], <span class="bibl">Agath.5.14</span>,<span class="bibl">21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> Astrol., = [[χρόα]]<span class="bibl">1.3</span>, [[complexion]] of heavenly bodies, Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3.9, Vett. Val.107.26.</span>