χολή,ἡ,
A. gall, bile,
Archil. 131 , A. Ch. 184 , E. Fr. 682 , Th. 2.49 , etc.;χ. μέλαιναblack, i. e. diseased,bile,
Hp. Aph. 4.23 , Pl. Ti. 83c (but, = μελαγχολία , Men. Epit. 459 ); ξανθὴ χ.
Hp. VM 19
; πυρρά
Gal. 15.658
;χολὴν ἐμεῖν, βῆξαι,
Nicopho 12 , Herod. 3.70 (prob. l.): prov., πικρῷ πικρὰν κλύζουσι φαρμάκῳ χολήν
S. Fr. 854
; πικρότερ' αὐτῆς τῆς χ.
Alex. 16.12
;χολῇ ἀλείφειν,prov. ofgiving one a disgust for a thing,from the custom of mothers putting gall to the nipple when the child was to be weaned, Diph. 74 .
2. pl.χολαί, gall-bladder,
S. Ant. 1010 ; calledδοχαὶ χολῆς,