χᾰμαι-λέων, οντος, ὁ,
chameleon, Chamaeleo vulgaris, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 503a15, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 8.120, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 1.249 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; used as an image of changefulness, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1100b6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II name of various plants, so called from their leaves changing colour, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.4.3, 9.12.1, 9.14.1; χ. λευκός ] Refs 4th c.BC+]pine-thistle, Atractylis gummifera, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.8 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; χ. μέλας, Cardopatium corymbosum, [[[prev. work]9, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 22.47. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]