χάος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], εος, Att. [[ους]], τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[chaos]], the first state of the universe, πρώτιστα χάος γένετ', αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα Γαῖ' εὐρύστερνος κτλ. Hes.''Th.''116, cf. Ibyc.28, Epich.170.3, Acus.''Fr.''5J., [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1091b6, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]'' 693 (anap.); χάους . . παῖς καλεῦμαι Simm.''Alae''7; represented sometimes as [[infinite space]], S.E.''P.''3.121, cf. Plot.6.8.11; sometimes as [[unformed matter]], Luc.''Am.''32 (esp., acc. to the Stoics, [[water]], Zeno Stoic.1.29 (with deriv. fr. [[χέω]])).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[space]], [[the expanse of air]], [[ἄτρυτος|ἄτρυτον]] χάος B.5.27, cf. Ar.''Nu.''424 (anap.), 627, ''Av.''1218.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">τὸ χάος τοῦ ἐφ' ἑκάτερα ἀπείρου αἰῶνος</b>, of [[infinite]] [[time]], M.Ant.4.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> the [[nether abyss]], [[infinite darkness]], joined with [[Ἔρεβος]], Pl.''Ax.''371e; with [[ὄρφνη]], Q.S. 2.614; represented as in the [[interior]] of the [[globe]], Plu.2.953a; <b class="b3">χάους κύνα</b>, of [[Cerberus]], ''APl.''4.91.<br><span class="bld">b</span> generally, [[darkness]], A.R.4.1697.<br><span class="bld">4</span> any [[vast]] [[gulf]] or [[chasm]], [[LXX]] ''Mi.''1.6, ''Za.''14.4; of a [[pit]], Opp.''C.''4.92; of the [[gaping jaws]] of the [[crocodile]], ib.3.414, cf. 4.161, ''H.''5.52.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Pythag. name for [[one]], Theol.Ar.6.