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|Definition=[ῠ], ατος, τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[that which is poured out]] or [[that which flows]], [[fluid]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''550b27, D.S.17.75; even χ. νιφάδος Alciphr.1.23; <b class="b3">χ. τέσσαρα</b>, viz. the [[hot]], [[cold]], [[moist]], and [[dry]], Ptol.''Tetr.''19.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ingot]], [[bar]], IG7.303.104 (Orop., iii B. C.); χ. χρυσοῦν ''Inscr.Délos''442 ''B''6 (ii B. C.), ([[χρυσίου]]) ib.1432''Ab''i17 (Delos, ii B. C., pl.), cf. Agatharch.28.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[confused mass]], τῶν ἀριθμῶν [[LXX]] ''2 Ma.''2.24; [[aggregate]], Theol.Ar.34; [[crowd]], <b class="b3">πρεσβυτέρων καὶ νεωτέρων</b> Aristeas14.<br><span class="bld">4</span> αὐτὰ τὰ χ. τῶν σφαιρῶν [[material]]s, [[constituent]]s, Phlp. ''in Mete.''26.8; <b class="b3">τοῦ χ. αὐτοῦ τῶν σφαιρῶν ἡ οὐσία</b> ib.4.2.<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">χ. καρδίας</b> [[largeness]] of [[heart]], [[LXX]] ''3 Ki.''4.25 (5.9). [On accent and quantity v. Hdn.Gr.2.15.]