ὠχρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">pale, wan</b>, of complexion, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>438</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1016</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>422</span>, etc.: esp. <b class="b2">pale-yellow, sallow</b>, τὸ δὲ ὠ. [γίγνεται] λευκοῦ ξανθῷ μειγνυμένου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>68c</span>; of a frog, <span class="bibl">Batr.81</span>; χρῶμα δ' ἀσίτων . . γίνεται ὠχρόν <span class="bibl">Alex.162.9</span>(anap.); <b class="b3">ὠχρὸς κἀνυπόδητος</b>, of a Pythagorean, <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.6</span>: freq. in Luc. of philosophers, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">JTr.</span>1</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ὠ. καὶ αὐχμηρός</b>, of a miser, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cat.</span>17</span>; of bile, etc., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span>37</span>, Gal.15.554; <b class="b3">τὸ ὠ. τοῦ ᾠοῦ</b> the <b class="b2">yolk</b> of the egg, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>560a21</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ὠ</b>. the <b class="b2">colour yellow</b> (v. supr.), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cat.</span>12a18</span>; cf. <b class="b3">ὤχρα</b>.</span>