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|Definition=οντος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[chameleon]], [[Chamaeleo vulgaris]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>503a15</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>8.120</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>1.249</span>; used as an image of changefulness, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1100b6</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> name of various plants, so called from their leaves changing [[colour]], <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>6.4.3</span>, <span class="bibl">9.12.1</span>, <span class="bibl">9.14.1</span>; χ. λευκός [[pine-thistle]], [[Atractylis gummifera]], Dsc.3.8; [[χαμαιλέων μέλας]], [[Cardopatium corymbosum]], ib.9, <span class="bibl">Plin. <span class="title">HN</span>22.47</span>.</span>