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χηραμός

cheramos

hole, cleft, hollow

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

hole, cleft, hollow, hole, hollow, hollows

hole, cleft, hollow, κοίλην εἰσέπτατο πέτρην, χηραμόν, of a rock pigeon, Il. 21.495, cf. Arist. HA 614b35, Hld. 8.16; χ. [σφηκῶν] Lyc. 181; of a mouseʼs hole, Babr. 107.13; of a hollow in the hilt of a sword, Ach.Tat. 3.20, 21; of a shell, Id. 2.11; of the hollows on the sides of the tongue, Poll. 2.107.—The gend. is undetermined in Hom.; fem., A.R. 4.1452, prob. in Arist. l.c.; masc., Ael. NA 3.26, Philostr. VA 2.14: heterocl. pl. χηραμά, τά, Nic. Th. 55, 149, Q.S. 9.382; cf. χηλαμός, χαραμός,

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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. χηραμός (scan p. 1682; entry #6563).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χηραμός (scan p. 1277; entry #8728).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. χηραμός (scan pp. 2068-2069; entry #6096).

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