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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[play the Chian]]: esp. [[imitate the Chian musician]] Democritus, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>912</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Poll.4.65</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[χῑάζω]], [[mark with two lines crossing like a]] X:—Pass., ζῷα δυσὶ γραμμαῖς κεχιασμένα <span class="bibl">D.S.2.58</span>: especially of words or lines in which the critic wishes to point out something remarkable, <b class="b3">τὸ δὲ τοιοῦτον κεχίασται</b> Sch.<span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>201</span>; <b class="b3">χιάζεται ὁ στίχος</b> (in allusion to the word [[Ἑλένη]]) Sch.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>81</span>, etc.; absurdly expld. by <span class="bibl">Eust.1462.41</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Rhet., [[arrange four clauses crosswise]], <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Inv.</span>4.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">in Cat.</span>79.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[make a cruciform incision]], Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.44.20.31</span> ([[χιεζοῦμεν]] codd.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[cross out]], [[cancel]] a document, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>61.65</span> (i A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1282.34</span> (i A. D.), etc.</span>