of the swallow, built by swallows
of the swallow, μέλος Suid.; χ. τεῖχος built by swallows, Thrasyll. ap. Ps.-Plu. Fluv. 16.2.
II like the swallow, coloured like the swallowʼs throat, reddish-brown, russet, russet-coloured
like the swallow, esp. coloured like the swallowʼs throat, reddish-brown, russet, ἰσχάδες χελιδόνιαι russet-coloured figs, Philem.Gloss. ap. Ath. 14.652f., cf. Dsc. 5.32, Poll. l.c.; χ. πυρός Dsc. Eup. 1.228; χελιδόνια (sc. σῦκα) Ar. Fr. 569.4 (χελιδόνεια Epig.1.2).
2 gem, lapis chelidonius
χελιδονία, ἡ, a kind of gem, Plin. HN 37.155; lapis chelidonius ib. 11.203.
3 asp
χ. ἀσπίς, a kind of asp, Philum. Ven. 16.1, Gal. 14.235, cf. χελιδονιαῖος.
4
δασύπους χελιδόνειος, of the common hare, Diph. 1.
5
χελιδονεία κύλιξ, name of a kind of cup, IG ΙΙ(2).154B 7 (pl., Delos, iii B.C.), cf. 145.46 (ib., iv. B.C.), Inscr.Delos 385a53 (ii B. C.).
6
χελιδόνιον, τό, an eye-salve, CIL 13.10021.93.