χίμαιρ-α [ῐ],ἡ,
A. she-goat,
Il. 6.181 , Hes. Th. 322 , PCair.Zen. 576.3
(iii B. C.); sacrificed before battle toἌρτεμις Ἀγροτέρα,
A. Ag. 232 (lyr.), X. An. 3.2.12 , HG 4.2.20 , Lac. 13.8 ; θαλλὸν χιμαίραις προσφέρων
S. Fr. 502
;a young she-goat(cf.χίμαρος), Arist. HA 523a1 ; χ. ἐξ αἰγῶν kid,
LXX Le. 4.28
, 29 .
II. Χίμαιρα,ἡ, Chimaera,a fire-breathing monster, Il. 6.179 , cf. 16.328 ; Hes. Th. 319 , etc.; χ. πύρπνοος
Anaxil. 22.3
(troch.), Epinic. 2.10 .
2. expld. as mythical for a volcano in Lycia, Str. 14.3.5 .