| |Definition=[[ὁ]] (ἡ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1106</span>), Att.contr. [[χνοῦς]], gen. [[χνοῦ]]: heterocl. gen. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> χνοός <span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span>1.234H.</span>; dat. χνοΐ <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.10.7</span>, Gal.13.850:—<b class="b3">ἁλὸς χνόος</b> [[incrustation]] from [[salt]] [[water]], <b class="b3">ἔκ κεφαλῆς ἔσμηχεν ἁλὸς χνόον</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.226</span>; [[wool]] pulled for [[stuff]]ing [[cushion]]s, [[flock]], [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[μνοῦς]] in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.61</span>; used in applying a [[powder]], Gal. [[l.c.]]; [[chaff]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ps.</span>1.4</span>: [[powder]], [[proverb|prov.]], [ὄνος] εἰς ἄχυρα καὶ χνοῦν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>76</span>; [[dust]] of the [[earth]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">2 Ki.</span>22.43</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ch.</span>1.9</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς δοκεῖν τοῦ καλουμένου χνοῦ μεστοὺς εἶναι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς</b>) Gal.16.552. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> fine [[down]] on a [[flower]] or in the [[seed]]-[[vessel]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.8.4</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.2.59</span>: [[bloom]] on [[fruit]], ἐν Καρίᾳ φασὶν ἄπιόν τιν' ἔχειν χνοῦν ἁλμώδη <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.10.7</span>; μάλων χνοῦς ἐπικαρπίδιος <span class="title">AP</span>9.226 (Zon.); the [[first]] [[down]] on the [[chin]] or [[cheek]]s, χνοῦς ὥσπερ μήλοισιν ἐπήνθει <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>978</span> (anap.); [[κοῦρος]] ἔτ' ἀρτιγένειον ἔχων χνόον <span class="title">AP</span>9.219 (Diod.); θηλείαις οὐδ' ὅσσον ἐπὶ χνόος ἦλθε παρειαῖς <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Ap.</span>37</span>; ἐντίκτει τι χνοῦ ἀνάπλεων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>605b15</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>51</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[bloom]] or [[film]] of archaism in writing, <b class="b3">ὅ τε πίνος αὐτῇ</b> (i.e. in Plato's style) [<b class="b3">καὶ χ.] ὁ τῆς ἀρχαιότητος . . ἐπιτρέχει</b> interpol. in <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπανθεῖ τις . . χνοῦς ἀρχαιοπινής</b> ib.<span class="bibl">38</span>, cf. Plu.2.79d; <b class="b3">οἱονεὶ τῆς γονίμου φύσεως χ</b>., of [[χλόη]], <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>2.5</span>. (Cf. [[χνιαρωτέρα]], [[χνίει]].) </span> | | |Definition=ὁ (ἡ E.''Fr.''1106), Att.contr. [[χνοῦς]], gen. [[χνοῦ]]: heterocl. gen.<br><span class="bld">A</span> χνοός Choerob. ''in Theod.''1.234H.; dat. χνοΐ [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 6.10.7, Gal.13.850:—<b class="b3">ἁλὸς χνόος</b> [[incrustation]] from [[salt]] [[water]], <b class="b3">ἔκ κεφαλῆς ἔσμηχεν ἁλὸς χνόον</b>, Od.6.226; [[wool]] pulled for [[stuff]]ing [[cushion]]s, [[flock]], [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[μνοῦς]] in Hp.''Mul.''1.61; used in applying a [[powder]], Gal. [[l.c.]]; [[chaff]], [[LXX]] ''Ps.''1.4: [[powder]], [[proverb|prov.]], [ὄνος] εἰς ἄχυρα καὶ χνοῦν Ar.''Fr.''76; [[dust]] of the [[earth]], [[LXX]] ''2 Ki.''22.43, ''2 Ch.''1.9; <b class="b3">ὡς δοκεῖν τοῦ καλουμένου χνοῦ μεστοὺς εἶναι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς</b>) Gal.16.552.<br><span class="bld">II</span> fine [[down]] on a [[flower]] or in the [[seed]]-[[vessel]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 2.8.4, D.S.2.59: [[bloom]] on [[fruit]], ἐν Καρίᾳ φασὶν ἄπιόν τιν' ἔχειν χνοῦν ἁλμώδη [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 6.10.7; μάλων χνοῦς ἐπικαρπίδιος ''AP''9.226 (Zon.); the [[first]] [[down]] on the [[chin]] or [[cheek]]s, χνοῦς ὥσπερ μήλοισιν ἐπήνθει Ar.''Nu.''978 (anap.); [[κοῦρος]] ἔτ' ἀρτιγένειον ἔχων χνόον ''AP''9.219 (Diod.); θηλείαις οὐδ' ὅσσον ἐπὶ χνόος ἦλθε παρειαῖς Call.''Ap.''37; ἐντίκτει τι χνοῦ ἀνάπλεων Arist.''HA''605b15: pl., D.H.''Dem.''51.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[bloom]] or [[film]] of archaism in writing, <b class="b3">ὅ τε πίνος αὐτῇ</b> (i.e. in Plato's style) [καὶ χ.] ὁ τῆς ἀρχαιότητος.. ἐπιτρέχει interpol. in D.H.''Dem.''5; <b class="b3">ἐπανθεῖ τις.. χνοῦς ἀρχαιοπινής</b> ib.38, cf. Plu.2.79d; <b class="b3">οἱονεὶ τῆς γονίμου φύσεως χ.</b>, of [[χλόη]], Porph.''Abst.''2.5. (Cf. [[χνιαρωτέρα]], [[χνίει]].) |
