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χοιρ-άς

choiras

ἄάδος : f

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What it meant

1. χοιράς · choiras — Chantraine

χοιράς, -ἄάδος : f. adj. et subst. dit d’écueils bas, danger à fleur d'eau (Archil. 128, Pi. P, 10,52, Théoc. 18,23), opposés par Hérodote à σχόπελοι ὀξέες (2,29), associé à ἀχταί (Æsch. Pers. 421, ἘΠ Tr. 89), dit d'une île ou d'un promontoire et de leurs parages (Æsch. Eum. 9, E. Tr. 89, Andr. 1265, Th. 7,38). La métaphore du troupeau de porcs pour des rochers est universelle : voir français (parfois traduit du … — [Chantraine, s.v. χοιράς, p. 1286]

2. χοιρ-άς · choir-as — LSJ

like a hog, a hogʼs back, low, like a hogʼs back

like a hog or a hogʼs back, χ. πέτρα low rock rising just above the sea like a hogʼs back, Pi. P. 10.52, cf. AP 9.289 (Bass.)

2 rock, rock, the rocky isle

Subst., χ. ἀμυδρά sunken rock, Archil. 128, cf. Thgn. 576; opp. σκόπελοι ὀξέες, Hdt. 2.29; ἀκταὶ . . χοιράδες τε A. Pers. 421; χ. Δηλία the Delian rock, i.e. the rocky isle of Delos, Id. Eu. 9; Δήλιοι χ. E. Tr. 89; χ. Σηπιάς Id. Andr. 1265; χοιράδες, of the Symplegades, Theoc. 13.23; αἱ χ. νῆσοι, off Tarentum, Th. 7.33.

II scrofulous swellings in the glands of the neck

in pl., scrofulous swellings in the glands of the neck, etc., Hp. Aph. 3.26, AP 11.333 (Callicter), Plu. Cic. 9, 26.

III sow

sow, PMag.Osl. 1.107.

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