χελιδόνιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or χελῑδ-όνειος, α, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">Poll.6.81</span>:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[of the swallow]], μέλος Suid.; <b class="b3">χ. τεῖχος</b> [[built by swallows]], Thrasyll. ap. Ps.-Plu.<span class="title">Fluv.</span>16.2. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[like the swallow]], esp. [[coloured like the swallow's throat]], [[reddish-brown]], [[russet]], <b class="b3">ἰσχάδες χελιδόνιαι</b> [[russet-coloured]] figs, Philem.Gloss. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath. 14.652f</span>., cf. Dsc.5.32, Poll.l.c.; χ. πυρός Dsc.<span class="title">Eup.</span>1.228; [[χελιδόνια]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[σῦκα]]) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>569.4</span> ([[χελιδόνεια]] Epigen.<span class="bibl">1.2</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">χελιδονία, ἡ,</b> a kind of [[gem]], <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>37.155</span>; [[lapis chelidonius]] ib.<span class="bibl">11.203</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">χ. ἀσπίς</b>, a kind of [[asp]], <span class="bibl">Philum.<span class="title">Ven.</span>16.1</span>, Gal. 14.235, cf. [[χελιδονιαῖος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">δασύπους χελιδόνειος</b>, of the common hare, <span class="bibl">Diph.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">χελιδονεία κύλιξ</b>, name of a kind of cup, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).154<span class="title">B</span>7 (pl., Delos, iii B.C.), cf. 145.46 (ib., iv. B.C.), <span class="title">Inscr.Delos</span>385a53 (ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">χελιδόνιον, τό,</b> an [[eyesalve]], <span class="title">CIL</span>13.10021.93.</span>