v.l. χελιδόν, as in Anacreont. 9.2 cod.):—swallow, Od. 21.411, 22.240, Hes. Op. 568, Hdt. 2.22, Democr. 14, etc.: πέδοικος χ. A. Fr. 53, cf. Ar. Av. 714 (anap): prov., μία χ. ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ Cratin. 33 (cf. Arist. EN 1098a18); δεῖσθαι δʼ ἔοικεν οὐκ ὀλίγων χ. Ar. Av. 1417, cf. 1681; χ. λευκή, of a rare event, Thphr. Sign. 39; the twittering of the swallow was prov. used of barbarous tongues by the Greeks, εἴπερ ἐστὶ μὴ χελιδόνος δίκην ἀγνῶτα φωνὴν βάρβαρον κεκτημένη A. Ag. 1050: hence ὁ χ., = ὁ βάρβ
metaph. of letters, τῶν σῶν χ. αἱ ἡμέτεραι πλείους Lib. Ep. 46.2.
flying-fish, Dactylopterus volitans, hirondelle de mer, Ephipp. 12.5 (anap.), Speus. ap. Ath. 7.324f; χ. θαλάττιαι Arist. HA 535b27.
frog in the hollow of a horseʼs foot (expld. by Hsch. τὸ κοῖλον τῆς ὁπλῆς), so called from its being forked like the swallowʼs tail, X. Eq. 1.3, 4.5, 6.2, Poll. 1.188.
the like part of a dogʼs foot, Suid.
= λειχήν 4, Cael.Aur. TP 1.138 (pl.); a growth on the knee in horses, Sch. Nic. Th. 945.
hollow above the bend of the elbow, Hsch.
pudenda muliebria (with play on Ar. Lys. 770 (hex.)), Suid., cf. Juv. 6.365 (6).
a kind of ship, Suid.
a Peloponnesian silver coin, Id. (Χελιδϝών as pr.n., IG 92(1).86 (Corinthian, found at Thermon); cf. Assyr. hinundu, Lat. hirundo.)