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|Definition=ὁ, gen. [[χρωτός]], dat. [[χρωτί]], acc. [[χρῶτα]] (Att. [[χρώ]] only in Choerob.''in Theod.''1.248H.): Ep. and Ion.gen. [[χροός]], dat. [[χροΐ]], acc. [[χρόα]] (also in Lesbian, Sapph.''Supp.''10.6, al.), as always in Hom.and Hes., exc. gen. [[χρωτός]] in Il.10.575, acc.<br><span class="bld">A</span> χρῶτα Od.18.172, 179, Hes. ''Op.''556; Emp. uses [[χρωτός]], 76.3 (but χροΐ 100.17); Pi. uses [[χρωτί]], [[χρῶτα]], ''P.''1.55, ''I.''4(3).23(41); these forms are freq. in Trag., but Ion. dat. [[χροΐ]] occurs in S.''Tr.''605, and [[χροός]], [[χροΐ]], [[χρόα]] are freq. in E., ''Hec.'' 548, ''Med.''1175, ''Ph.''264, al.:—dat. [[χρῷ]] occurs in the phrase <b class="b3">ἐν χρῷ</b> v. infr.1.2 and in Sapph.2.10.—rare in Com.and Att. Prose.<br><span class="bld">I</span> of the human body, [[skin]] or [[flesh]], οὔ σφι λίθος χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος Il.4.510; καὶ γάρ θην τούτῳ τρωτὸς χρώς 21.568; χρῶτ' ἀπονιψαμένη Od.18.172; ἀκρότατον δ' ἄρ' ὀϊστὸς ἐπέγραψε χρόα Il.4.139; ταμέειν χρόα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ 13.501; <b class="b3">λιλαιοένη χροὸς ἆσαι</b>, of a spear, 21.168; κακὰ χροΐ εἵματ' ἔχοντα Od.14.506; χρῷ πῦρ ὐπαδεδρόμακεν Sapph.2.10; μύροις χρῶτα λιπαίνων Anaxil.18.1 (anap.): esp. [[flesh]], opp. [[bone]], φθινύθει δ' ἀμφ' ὀστεόφι χρώς Od.16.145; οὐδέ τί οἱ χρὼς σήπεται Il.24.414, cf. 19.33 (which usage is said by Gal. to have been Ionic, 18(2).435, with reference to Hp.''Fract.''9); τὸ δέρμα τοῦ χρωτός [[LXX]] ''Le.''13.11, etc.; τοῦ χρωτὸς ἥδιστον ἀπέπνει Aristox.''Fr.Hist.''84: generally, [[one's body]], [[frame]], Pi.''P.''1.55, A.''Fr.''192.6 (anap.); χριμφθῆναι χροΐ Id.''Supp.''790 (lyr.); στεῖλαί νυν ἀμφὶ χρωτὶ.. πέπλους E. ''Ba.''821, cf. S.''Tr.''605: pl., διὰ τί.. οἱ χρῶτες ὄζουσι; Arist.''Pr.''877b21; also κατεδήσαντο.. τοὺς ὑγιεῖς χρῶτας, ὡς τραυματίαι D.H.9.50.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἐν χροΐ</b>, or <b class="b3">ἐν χρῷ</b>, [[close to the skin]], <b class="b3">ἐν χροΐ κείρειν</b> to shave [[close]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.175; ἐν χρῷ κεκαρμένοι X.''HG''1.7.8; ἐν χρῷ κουριῶντας Pherecr. 30:—metaph., [[to the quick]], ξυρεῖ γὰρ ἐν χρῷ τοῦτο [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''786; <b class="b3">ἐν χρῷ παραπλεῖν</b> sail past [[so as to shave]] or [[graze]], Th.2.84; <b class="b3">τὴν μάχην συνάψαι ἐν χρῷ</b> to fight [[at close quarters]], Plu.''Thes.''27; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐν χρῷ συνουσία</b> [[close]] acquaintance, Luc.''Ind.''3: c. gen., <b class="b3">ἐν χρῷ τινος</b> [[close to]], [[hard by]] a person or thing, <b class="b3">τοῦ θώρακος</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[σώματος]]) Plu.2.345a; <b class="b3">τῆς γῆς</b> ib. 925b, Luc.''Herm.''5: abs., ἐν χρῷ [[near at hand]], Id.''Hist.Conscr.''24, al.; cf. ''EM''313.53, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[the colour of the skin]], [[complexion]], μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόν Il.5.354; <b class="b3">τρέπεται χ.</b> his [[colour]] changes, i.e. he turns pale, 13.279, cf. 17.733; ὠχρήσαντα χρόα Od.11.529; χρόα.. ἀμείβειν Parm.8.41; μεθίστη χρωτὸς.. φύσιν E. ''Alc.''174; <b class="b3">μεταλλακτῆρα πουλύπουν χροός</b> Ion Trag.36; <b class="b3">τί χρὼς τέτραπται</b>; (paratrag.) Ar.''Lys.''127; <b class="b3">φεῦγε δ' ἀπὸ χρώς</b> Theocr.23.13; rare in Att. Prose, ἐπὶ τῷ χρωτὶ μέγα φρονεῖν X.''Smp.''4.54, cf. ''Oec.''10.5: in Ion. Prose, of the [[colour]] of a finger, χροΐ δῆλα Pherecyd.Syr. ap.D.L.1.118 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[χρωΐ]], cf. ''Vorsokr.''5i.44).<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[colour]], ἀμείβων χρῶτα πορφυρᾷ βαφῇ A.''Pers.''317; τὸν χρῶτα [μεταβάλλει] ὁ χαμαιλέων Arist.''Mir.''832b14; χρὼς αἵματος Orph.''L.''660.