χηλ-ή,
Doric dialect χᾱλά, ἡ, horse's hoof, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 62, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 42, “Ion” 1242 (Lyric poetry), compare χηλαργός. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 of oxen and the like, cloven hoof, χηλαὶ ποδῶν [[ [prev. author] “Ba.” 619 (troch.), compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.667; τὰ δὲ δισχιδῆ καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν ὀνύχων χηλὰς ἔχει 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 499b9, compare “PA” 655b4, 663a29 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of Chimaera, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 474 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 crab's claw, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 527b5, “PA” 684a27; ὅ τι ἂν λάβῃ, προσάγεται πρὸς τὸ στόμα τῇ δικρόᾳ χηλῇ καθάπερ οἱ καρκίνοι [prev. author] “HA” 590b25: hence, ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3.b Astron., Χηλαί, αἱ, the claws of the Scorpion, i.e. the constellation Libra, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 89, 232, +others, 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 24, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 poetry plural, talons of a bird, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 208, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1003, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1208 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Sphinx, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 808 (Lyric poetry), 1025 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs]; of a wolf's claws, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 6.4, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 90 (Lyric poetry, explained by 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ={γνάθος}). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]