χοῖρος, ὁ
(ἡ [[ 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 40, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 230, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 764)] Refs 6th c.BC+]:— young pig, porker (younger than δέλφαξ, [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristophanes Byzantinus Philosophus cited in Ath 9.375. 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 3a), 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.73, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 24.2, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.48, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 309, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 781, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; offered as one of the smaller sacrifices, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 378a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.5, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.39, 4th c.AD: Heniochus Comicus 2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b generally, ={ὗς},{σῦς}, swine, ἤδη δέλφακες, χοῖροι δὲ τοῖσιν ἄλλοις [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus [same place], compare 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.47 (_anapaest meter_), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 7, NT.Matt.8.30. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__2 pudenda muliebria, frequently in Comedy texts poets, who are always punning on the word and its compounds, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 773 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] {χοιρόσακον}, etc.; said to be a Corinthian usage, [[ 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs]
__II a fish of the Nile, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.2.4, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.312a, “Geoponica” 20.7.1, 13] Refs 1st c.BC+] at Title Page (Perh. for ĝhoryo- 'grey', cf. Norse griss 'sucking-pig', OHG grīs 'grey', or[[compare 2nd c.AD: Albinus Philosophus ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] de[rmacr] 'pig'.)