mark with a χ, cross
mark with a χ or cross, Tz. H. 5.164.
2 write, mark crosswise
write or mark crosswise, κύκλος ἐπʼ εὐθείας χιούμενος Lyd. Mens. 3.4: pf. inf. κεχιῶσθαι Eun. Hist. p.272D.
The corpus record
χῑόω
chioo
mark with a χ
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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.