to be downy
to be downy, νεογνὰ γενειάσι χρῶτα χνοΐζων Inscr.Cret. 1 xxii 59 (Olus, ii A. D.):—also Pass., Gal. 14.778.
The corpus record
χνοΐζω
chnoizo
to be downy
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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