need χρεία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: 2Ch.2:16 (15) (צֹרֶךְ), Est.7:20 (חַשְׁחוּת) frequently in Sir.1:1-30 -2 Mac ;] __1. need, necessity: Act.28:10, Tit.3:14; πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς χ. (RV, txt., for edifying a
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need χρεία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: 2Ch.2:16 (15) (צֹרֶךְ), Est.7:20 (חַשְׁחוּת) frequently in Sir.1:1-30 -2 Mac ;] __1. need, necessity: Act.28:10, Tit.3:14; πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς χ. (RV, txt., for edifying a
of χρημᾰτ-ιστικός,ή,όν, A. oforfor trafficandmoney-making, ὁ χ. a man of business, Pl. R. 581d ; opp.ἀναλωτικός,ib. 558d ; opp.στρατιωτικός, οἰκήσειςib. 415e ; opp. στρατηγικός, διατριβαί Plu. Cr
useful, serviceable, χρήσῐμ-ος,η,ον, alsoος,ον X. Mem. 3.8.8 , Pl. Grg. 480b , R. 333b : (χράμαι):— A. useful, serviceable,first in Thgn. 406 ; εἰς ἀνάγκαν, ἔνθ' οὐ ποδὶ χρησίμῳ χρῆται S. OT 878 (
profitable χρήσῐμ-ος, η, ον, also ος, ον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480b, “R.” 333b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (χράμαι):— useful, serv
useful, good of its kind, serviceable, χρηστός,ή,όν, (χράομαι) of things, A. like χρήσιμος ,useful, good of its kind, serviceable, [τόξα] χρηστὰ οὐδέν Hdt. 3.78 ; [ ἀτραπὸς] οὐδὲν χ. τισι Id. 7.
χρυσ-άνθεμον , τό , = ἑλίχρυσον , Dsc. 4.57 (also χρυσάνθεμος , ἡ , Cyran. 44 , Gloss. ). = βατράχιον I, garden ranunculus, Ranunculus asiaticus, Gp. 2.6.30 . = χρυσοκόμη , Ps.- Dsc. 4.55 . = χάλκας ,
of χρῡσοχο-ϊκός,ή,όν, A. oforfor a goldsmithorgold-smelter, τὸ χ. πῦρ Arist. Spir. 485a34 ;ἐργάζεσθαι χ. τέχνηνfollow the tradeof a goldsmith,Test. ap. D. 21.22 , cf. Poll. 7.102 ;ἄχυρα χ. goldsmi
shedding, pouring out χύσις [ῠ],εως,ἡ, (χέω) A. shedding, pouring outorforth, αἱμάτων Thphr. Fr. 174.6 (pl.): metaph.,squandering, οὐσίας Alciphr. 1.21 . 2. diffusion,e.g. of nutriment, Gal. 6
poured, shed, χῠτός,ή,όν, (χέω) A. poured, shed, αἷμα χυτόνbloodshed, A. Eu. 682 . 2. of dry things,heaped up, Hom. , only in phraseχυτὴ γαῖα a mound ofearth, esp. a sepulchral mound, like χῶμα ,
earthen pot, pipkin, χύτρ-α,ἡ, Ion. κύθρη Herod. Fr. 3 Bgk., later Gr.κύθρα PTeb. 112.42 , al.(ii B. C.), Choerob in Theod. 2.146H. ; Sicil. (acc. to Greg. Cor. p.341S. )κύτρα(butκύθραis Dor. acc.
χυτρ-ίς , ἡ , Dim. (in form only) of χύτρα or χύτρος, gen. ίδος or ῖδος (dual χυτρῖδε Bato 3.2 ), Hdt. 5.88 , IG 11(2).110.25 (Delos, iii B. C. ), al., Erasistr. ap. Gal. 11.215 , Apollon. ap. eund. 1
an earthen pot χύτρ-α, ἡ, Ionic dialect κύθρη [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus “fragment” 3] Refs 3rd c.BC+] Bgk., later Gr. κύθρα [[ “PTeb.” 112.42, +others (2nd c.BC), Choerob “in Theod.” 2.146 H]
to be χωλ-εύω, A. to beorbecome lame, halt, limp, Il. 18.411 , 417 , 20.37 , X. HG 3.3.3 , Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.11 . 2. metaph.,to be maimed,i. e.defective, imperfect, χωλεύει ἡ ζωὴ τῷ φαύλῳ Plot
sand of the sea-shore, ψᾰ́μᾰθ-ος,ἡ(poet., also in a Homeric paraphrase, Plu. 2.393e ), A. sand of the sea-shore, ἔρειπε δὲ τεῖχος Ἀχαιῶν . . , ὡς ὅτε τις ψάμαθον πάϊς ἄγχι θαλάσσης . . συνέχευε Il.
sand, ψάμμος,ἡ, but in Archim. Aren. 1.1 , al., alwaysὁ:— A. sand,used by Hom. forψάμαθοςonly in Od. 12.243 , later very freq., Hdt. 8.71 , etc.: pl.,grains of sand, αἱ ἀπ' ἀλλήλων ἐσκεδασμέναι ψάμμ
sabulum. ψάμμος, ἡ, but in [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “ψαμμίτης” 1.1, +others, ] Refs 3rd c.BC+] always ὁ:— sand, used by [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus for ψάμαθος only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homer
friable, powdery, crumbling, ψᾰφᾰρ-ός,ά,όν, Ion. ψαφερός,ή,όν, Hp. (v. infr.):— A. friable, powdery, crumbling, σποδός A. Th. 323 (lyr.), cf. Euph. 50 ; κόνις AP 7.315 ( Zenod. or Rhian. );ψαφα
ψυδνός , ή , όν , v.l. for ψυδρός in Thgn. 122 . ψυδνὴ χέρσος: ἀραιά, ὀλίγη, Hsch. : misspelt ψυάνη: ἁρεά, ὀλίγη, Theognost. Can. 26 . (With ψυδνός (s. v.l.) cf. κυδνός; for the sense cf. ψύθιος. ) ψυ
ὠβ-ά , ἡ , in Laconia, a local division of the Spartan people, IG 5 ( 1 ). 26.11 (ii/i B. C.) , 27.18 ; οἱ νικάσαντες τὰς ὠβάς ib. 675 , al.; ὠ. Λιμναέων ib. 688 ; ὠβὰς ὠβάξαι Plu. Lyc. 6 :—cf. οὐαί:
song, lay, ode, ᾠδή,ἡ, contr. forἀοιδή, A. song, lay, ode, h.Ap. 20 , h.Cer. 494 ; in Trag. (exc. that A. uses onlyἀοιδή(q. v.)), of dirges, πολλὰς θρήνων ᾠδάς S. El. 88 (anap.); ὀξυτόνους ᾠ. θρην
song ᾠδή, ἡ, contraction for ἀοιδή, song, lay, ode, [[ Hymnus ad Apollinem 20, “hymnus ad Cererem” 494; in Trag. (except that 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus uses only ἀοιδή (which see))] Refs], of
ὠλίγγη , ἡ , variously expld. in EM 821.43 , AB 318 , = ἀκαριαῖον, ἐλάχιστον. Att. for doze ( ἐπὶ τοῦ νυστάξαι ). wrinkles beside the eyes, 'crow's feet' ; this last sense is given by Poll. 2.67 (wher
hour ὥρα, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for עֵת and in Da for שָׁעָה ;] __1. any time or period fixed by nature, esp. a season (Hom., Hdt., Plat., al.). __2. A part of the day, and esp. a twelfth part of
ὠρῡγή , ἡ , = ὠρυθμός , Hermesian. 7.72 (dub.l.), Erinn. in PSI 9.1090.36 , Plu. Mar. 20 , Crass. 23 , 2.590f ; prop. of wolves, Poll. 5.86 , Anecd.Stud. 104 :— ὠρυγμός , ὁ , opp. ὑλαγμός, Ael. NA 5.5