The corpus record

χλιᾰρός

chliaros

warm, lukewarm

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Where it lives

De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Revelation 1 · 1.01/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

χλιᾰρός · chliaros — LSJ

warm

warm, Epich. [290]; ὕδωρ Hdt. 4.181, Diocl. Fr. 139, Sor. 1.82; of food, Magnes 1, Cratin. 125 (troch.), 143 (hex.), Ar. Ach. 975 (lyr.); τὸ σῶμα ἡμῶν ἀτμίδα τινὰ χ. ἀφίησιν Arist. Pr. 884b17; τὸ χ. τὸ ἐν γλώσσῃ Placit. 4.18.1. Adv. χλιηρῶς (v.l. -ρῷ) Hp. Fist. 9; καταπλάσσειν χλιηρόν ibid.

2 lukewarm

of persons, lukewarm, Apoc. 3.16. [ῑ in Com. ll. cc.; but ῐ in Epich. l.c., Alcm. l.c.]

In the wild

χλιαρὰ · chliara Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 93)
χλιαρώτερον · chliarōteron Epictetus, Discourses 1.13 (DIORISIS sentence 727)
χλιαρόν · chliaron Herodotus, Histories 4.181.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5214)
χλιαρόν · chliaron Herodotus, Histories 4.181.4 (DIORISIS sentence 5216)
χλιαρὸς · chliaros New Testament, Revelation 3.16 (DIORISIS sentence 68)

Where it came from

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