χωρ-ίον , τό , Dim. (only in form, cf. χ. μέγιστον Th. 2.19 ) of χῶρος and χώρα : place, spot, district, very freq. in Prose from Hdt. down wards, e.g. 2.8 , 10 , 29 , Th. 2.54 ; also in Com., as Ar.
χωρ-ίον,τό, Dim. (only in form, cf.
A.
χ. μέγιστον
Th. 2.19
) ofχῶροςandχώρα:
1. place, spot, district,very freq. in Prose from Hdt. down wards, e.g. 2.8 , 10 , 29 , Th. 2.54 ; also in Com., as Ar. Nu. 209 , etc.; never in Trag.:ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ.from the samespot,
Hdt. 1.11 ;χ. ἔρημον, χ. χαλεπὰ καὶ πετρώδη,
Th. 4.9 ; χ. ἱππάσιμα
X. Cyr. 1.4.14
: pl.,sites,
οἰκίσαι χωρία
Th. 1.12
.
2. town,ib. 100 , etc.; χωρίων κατάληψις
Pl. Grg. 455b
, cf. Lys. 28.7 , etc.
3. landed property, estate,
Th. 1.106 , Pl. Lg. 844b , Lys. 7.4 , IG 12.325.10 ; used withἀγρός,
X. HG 2.4.1 , etc.
4. place of business, office,
D. 45.33 .
5. space, room,
Th. 1.63 , etc.; esp. in Geom.,space enclosed by lines, area, figure,
Pl. Men. 82b sq., Ar. Nu. 152 , Euc. Dat. 55 , Papp. 240.17 : esp.rectangle,
Archim. Con.Sph. 2 , al.
6. passage in a book,
Hdt. 2.117 (unless interpol.), Luc. Hist.Conscr. 12 , Ath. 15.672a , Simp.
inCael.
126.4 .
b. subject,
Th. 1.97 : pl.,topics,
Lycurg. 31 .
7. Medic.,partof the body, Hp. Fract. 2 , cf. Aph. 1.21 (pl.);τὸ χ. τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἥπατοςperiphr. for the gall-bladder, Id. Morb. 4.36 .
