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|Definition=χρώματος, τό, ([[χρώννυμι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[skin]], especially of the human body, κάθαρσις διὰ τοῦ χρώματος Hp.''Insomn.''89 (sed [[χρωτός]] recte cod. θ).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[colour]], especially of the skin or body, [[complexion]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.32, 3.101, Hp. ''Aph.''4.40, etc.; χρῶμα ἀλλάξαι E.''Ph.''1246, cf. Men.''Epit.''466; [[μεθιστάναι]] τοῦ χρώματος [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''399 (lyr.); τὸ χ. διακεκναις [[μένος]] Id.''Nu.'' 120; <b class="b3">παντοδαπὰ ἠφίει χρώματα</b> [[change]]d [[colour]] [[continually]], Pl.''Ly.'' 222b; <b class="b3">χρῶμα διαμένον</b> an [[unchanging]] [[colour]] (of the [[face]]), Nicol.Com.1.28; so of animals, x.''Cyn.''4.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[colour]], Gorg. ap. S.E.''M.'' 7.85; defined by Zeno Stoic.1.26; <b class="b3">χρώματα βάπτειν</b> use [[pigment]]s for [[dye]]ing, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 429e; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν χρωμάτων καὶ σχημάτων θεωρεῖν</b>, i.e. [[look]] to the [[outside]] only, ib.601a; διὰ τῶν χρωμάτων [[ἀπεικάζειν]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.10.1; χρώμασι καὶ σχήμασι [[μιμεῖσθαι]] Arist.''Po.''1447a18; <b class="b3">περὶ χρωμάτων</b>, title of treatise by Arist.; [[ἐναλείφω|ἐναλείφειν]] τοῖς χρώμασι Id.''GA''743b24; χρωμάτων κρᾶσις Luc.''Zeux.''5; χρώματος [[ἔντριψις]], of [[cosmetics]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.2; τοῖς ἐγχρίστοις εἰς τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς χρώμασιν Arist.''GA'' 747a10; of [[medicine]]s, φάρμακα χρώμασι καὶ ὀσμαῖς πεποικιλμένα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''394a.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[turmeric]], [[Curcuma longa]], used in [[dyeing]], [[Theophrastus]] ''De Odoribus'' 31.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[complexion]], [[character of style]] in writing, <b class="b3">χρώματα [λέξεως]</b> (of τὸ [[στριφνός|στριφνόν]], τὸ [[πυκνός|πυκνόν]], etc.) D.H.''Amm.''2.2; ποιητικῆς χρώματα Phld.''Mus.''p.84K., cf. Hermog.''Id.''1.12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph. in plural, [[ornament]]s, [[embellishment]]s, ἀλλοτρίοις χρώμασι καὶ κόσμοις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''239d, cf. ''Grg.''465b; also of [[style]] or [[language]], [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]'' 20; of Music, γυμνωθέντα.. τῶν τῆς μουσικῆς χρωμάτων τὰ τῶν ποιητῶν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 601b.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in Music, a [[modification]] of the simplest [[music]]: τὰ μέλη μεταβολαῖς καὶ χρώμασιν ὡς εὖ κέκραται Antiph.209.4; χρώματα εὔχροα ἐκιθάρισε Philoch.66:but esp.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[chromatic]] scale or music, οὔτε χρῶμα δειλοὺς οὔτε ἁρμονία ἀνδρείους ποιεῖ Anon. in ''PHib.''1.13.22, cf. Cleonid.''Harm.''3, Bacch.''Harm.''23, etc.: χρῶμα [[μαλακός|μαλακόν]], χρῶμα [[ἡμιόλιον]], χρῶμα [[τονιαῖον]], Cleonid.''Harm.''7.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Rhet., [[complexion]], [[colourable pretence]], Hermog.''Stat.''1,3(pl.), Arg.D.19†12.<br><span class="bld">V</span> of the [[faction]]s in the [[Circus]] at [[Constantinople]], Agath.5.14,21.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> Astrol., = [[χρόα]]1.3, [[complexion]] of heavenly bodies, Phld.''D.''3.9, Vett. Val.107.26.