χάλαζ-α[χᾰ],ης,ἡ,
A. hail(cf. Pl. Ti. 59e , Arist. Mu. 394b1 ), ὄμβρον . . ἠὲ χάλαζαν ἢ νιφετόν
Il. 10.6
, cf. 15.170 , Apoc. 8.7 , etc.: pl., X. Oec. 5.18 , Pl. Smp. 188b , R. 397a ; χ. στρογγύλαι hailstones,
Ar. Nu. 1127
(troch.); ἀπὸ τῶν χαλαζῶν . . ἄπαγε σεαυτόν
Id. Ra. 852
: metaph.,any pelting shower,
ὀμβρία χ.
S. OC 1503
; χ. αἵματος
Pi. I. 7(6).27
.
II. any small knot like a hailstone,
1. pimpleortuberclein the flesh of swine, Arist. HA 603b18 , Pr. 963b34 , Androsth. ap. Ath. 3.93c .
2. small cyst,such as grows on the eyelid, Gal. 19.437 , Poll. 4.198 , etc.