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Χείρων

cheiron · ὁ

Cheiron

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Where it lives

On Hunting 8 · 8.79/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 5 · 5.6/10k
Hippias Minor 1 · 2.3/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant — LSJ

Cheiron

Cheiron, one of the Centaurs, δικαιότατος Κενταίρων Il. 11.832; son of Cronus and Philyra, Hes. Th. 1001, etc.: teacher of Achilles, Il. l.c., 16.143, 19.390; of Asclepius and Jason, Pi. N. 3.53; worshipped as the father of the Art of Medicine, Plu. QConv. 2.647a: Χείρωνος ὑποθῆκαι, title of a poem ascribed to Hes., Quint. Inst. 1.1.15, Sch. Pi. P. 6.16.

Χείρωνος ῥίζα, = πάνακες τὸ Χειρώνειον (v. Χειρώνειος II, Nic. Th. 500.

In the wild

Χείρωνα · Cheirōna Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
Χείρωσί · Cheirōsi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 475)
Χείρων · Cheirōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5119)
Χείρων · Cheirōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5059)
Χείρων · Cheirōn Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1 (DIORISIS sentence 660)
Χείρων · Cheirōn Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 705 (DIORISIS sentence 397)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. Χείρων (scan p. 1673; entry #6541).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Χείρων (scan p. 1272; entry #8697).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Χείρων (scan p. 2056; entry #6076).

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