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χρο-ΐζω

chroizo

touch the surface

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What it meant

χρο-ΐζω · chro-izō — LSJ

touch the surface, touch, touch anotherʼs skin with oneʼs own, lie with

= χρῴζω, touch the surface of a body, and generally, touch, Ἥβας χροΐζει λέχος E. Heracl. 915 (lyr.), cf. Pi. Fr. 139.6 (Med.):—Med., touch anotherʼs skin with oneʼs own, lie with, τινι, of a woman, Theocr. 10.18 (in Dor. fut. χροϊξεῖται).

II colour, stain

colour, stain, χ. ἐπʼ ὀλίγον ἀγχούσῃ Dsc. 2.80; poet. aor. Pass. χροιισθεῖσαι Nic. Fr. 74.26, cf. Gal. 17(2).275.

Where it came from

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