χνοάω · chnoaō — LSJ
the bloom of the first down, with the bloom on, fresh
commoner form of foreg., of a girlʼs cheeks, μᾶλα τεὰ . . χνοάοντα Theoc. 27.50: more freq. of youths, τὴν παρειὰν χνοῶν Luc. Bacch. 2; c. acc. cogn., χνοάοντα ἰούλους A.R. 2.779, cf. Opp. C. 4.347; of the down itself, χνοάοντες ἴουλοι the bloom of the first down, A.R. 2.43; ἔτι χνοάοντος ἰούλου δευόμενος IG 14.1362.1 (Rome); of fruit, σίκυον χνοάοντα a gourd with the bloom on it, v.l. for χλοάοντα (ap. Sch. Ar., Suid.) in AP 6.102 (Phil.): metaph., fresh, χνοόωσαν χάριν ὄμβρου Tryph. 343.