Pl. Tht. 181c ;fieldin a ceiling, IG 42(1).103.193 , 106ii139 (Epid.,iv B. C.);ἡ πρώτη χ.the firstfield(on the chest of Cypselus), Paus. 5.17.6 ;socketorcavityof a joint, Hp. Art. 79 , 80 ; of the eye, IG 42(1).121.76 (Epid.,iv B. C.); as euphemism for thegenital organs,
Hippiatr. 33 , 71 .
3. the position, proper placeof a person or thing, ἐνὶ χώρῃ ἕζεται
Il. 23.349
: esp. a soldier'spost, Ἄρης οὐκ ἔνι χώραis not at hispost(or perh. in theland,cf. Ar. Lys. 524 ) A. Ag. 78 (anap.);χώραν λιπεῖν, προλείπειν,
Th. 4.126 , 2.87 ;μισθοφορεῖν κεναῖς χ.draw pay for unfilledvacancies,
Aeschin. 3.146 ; ἐπιγράψαι αὐτῷ τὴν χ.
UPZ 14.88
(ii B. C.): laterτὴν χ. τινὸς ἀποπληρῶσαι, ποιῆσαι,fill a person'splace,
POxy. 136.15
(vi A. D.), PMasp. 32.11
(vi A. D.):χώραν λαβεῖνtake aposition,findone's place, ἕως ἂν χώραν λάβῃ [τὰ πράγματα] till they are brought intoposition,intoorder,
D. b. in metric,positionof a foot in a verse, τὸ δακτυλικὸν δέχεται δακτύλους καὶ σπονδείους κατὰ πᾶσαν χ.
Heph. 7.1
, cf. 8.1 ; αἱ περιτταὶ χ.
Id. 5.1
, 6.1 .
4. metaph.,station, place, position, ἐν χώρᾳ τινὸς εἶναιto be in hisposition,be counted the same as he is,ἐν ἀνδραπόδωνorμισθοφόρου χώρᾳ εἶναιto be in thepositionof slaves or mercenaries, to pass or rank as such, X. An. 5.6.13 , Cyr. 2.1.18 ;ἐν οὐδεμιᾷ χ. εἶναιto have noplaceorrank,be in noesteem,
Id. An. 5.7.28 ; οὗ μέλλει χώρην μηδεμίαν θέμεναι
Thgn. 152
; τούτων τοι χώρη . . ὀλίγη τελέθει
Id. 822
; τὰς μεγίστας χ. ἔχειν
Plb. 1.43.1
.
5. in senses 3 and 4 freq. with a Prep.,ἐκ χώρας ὁρμᾶν,opp.πορευόμενος μάχεσθαι,
X. An. 3.4.33 ;εἰς τὰς ἑαυτῶν χ. πάρεισιare at theirposts,
