The corpus record
chaios
genuine, true, good
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1. χάϊος · chaios
genuine, true, good, Lacon. word in Ar. Lys. 91; Comp. χαϊώτερος ib. 1157; Ἀναξαγόρου τρόφιμος χαΐου Alex.Aet. 7 (Valck. for ἀρχαίου); cf. βαθυχάϊος:—also χᾱός, όν, χαοὶ οἱ ἐπάνωθεν the good men of olden time, Theoc. 7.5, ubi v. Sch., cf. χάσιος.
2. χαῖος · chaios
shepherdʼs staff, A.R. 4.972, Call. Fr. 125. (Cf. Gaulish gaiso- (Lat. gaesum, Gr. γαῖσον) ‘javelin’.)
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.