χρώς (chros)

Where it lives

Works and Days 9 · 15.61/10k
Trojan Women 7 · 9.89/10k
Leviticus 14 · 7.48/10k
Hecuba 5 · 6.98/10k
Iliad 69 · 6.19/10k
Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
Bacchae 4 · 5.32/10k
Helen 5 · 5.11/10k
Odyssey 41 · 4.72/10k
Suppliants 3 · 4.26/10k
Electra 3 · 3.97/10k

Densest 12 of 41 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. χρώς · chrōs — Chantraine

χρώς : m. (Hom., etc.), acc. χρόα (Hom., E., ion.) gén. χροός (Hom., E., ion.), dat. χροΐ (Hom., E., ion, lesb.) ; l’attique a généralisé un thème χρωτ- qui apparaît sporadiquement chez Homère : gén. χρωτός (11. 9,575, att.), acc. χρῶτα (Od. 18,172,179, Hés. Tr. 556, Pi, att.), dat. χρωτί (Pi. P. 1,55, att.), pl χρῶτες (Arist.), mais connaît encore chez les Tragiques les formes sigmatiques. Sens : 4 surface du corps … — [Chantraine, s.v. χρώς, p. 1299]

2. χρώς · chrōs — LSJ

I skin, flesh, flesh, oneʼs body, frame

of the human body, skin or flesh, οὔ σφι λίθος χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος Il. 4.510; καὶ γάρ θην τούτῳ τρωτὸς χρώς 21.568; χρῶτʼ ἀπονιψαμένη Od. 18.172; ἀκρότατον δʼ ἄρʼ ὀϊστὸς ἐπέγραψε χρόα Il. 4.139; ταμέειν χρόα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ 13.501; λιλαιοένη χροὸς ἆσαι, of a spear, 21.168; κακὰ χροῒ εἵματʼ ἔχοντα Od. 14.506; χρῷ πῦρ ὐπαδεδρόμακεν Sapph. 2.10; μύροις χρῶτα λιπαίνων Anaxil. 18.1 (anap.): esp. flesh, opp. bone, φθινύθει δʼ ἀμφʼ ὀστεόφι χρώς Od. 16.145; οὐδέ τί οἱ χρὼς σήπεται Il. 24.414, cf. 19.33 (which

2 close to the skin, close, to the quick, so as to shave, graze, at close quarters, close, close to, hard by, near at hand

ἐν χροΐ, or ἐν χρῷ, close to the skin, ἐν χροῒ κείρειν to shave close, Hdt. 4.175; ἐν χρῷ κεκαρμένοι X. HG 1.7.8; ἐν χρῷ κουριῶντας Pherecr. 30:—metaph., to the quick, ξυρεῖ γὰρ ἐν χρῷ τοῦτο S. Aj. 786; ἐν χρῷ παραπλεῖν sail past so as to shave or graze, Th. 2.84; τὴν μάχην συνάψαι ἐν χρῷ to fight at close quarters, Plu. Thes. 27; ἡ ἐν χρῷ συνουσία close acquaintance, Luc. Ind. 3: c. gen., ἐν χρῷ τινος close to, hard by a person or thing, τοῦ θώρακος (v.l. σώματος) Plu. Alex. fort. 2.345a; τῆς γ

II the colour of the skin, complexion, colour, colour

the colour of the skin, complexion, μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόν Il. 5.354; τρέπεται χ. his colour changes, i. e. he turns pale, 13.279, cf. 17.733; ὠχρήσαντα χρόα Od. 11.529; χρόα . . ἀμείβειν Parm. 8.41; μεθίστη χρωτὸς . . φύσιν E. Alc. 174; μεταλλακτῆρα πουλύπουν χροός Ion Trag. 36; τί χρὼς τέτραπται; (paratrag.) Ar. Lys. 127; φεῦγε δʼ ἀπὸ χρώς Theocr. 23.13; rare in Att. Prose, ἐπὶ τῷ χρωτὶ μέγα φρονεῖν X. Smp. 4.54, cf. Oec. 10.5: in Ion. Prose, of the colour of a finger, χροῒ δῆλα Pherecyd.Syr.

2 colour

generally, colour, ἀμείβων χρῶτα πορφυρᾷ βαφῇ A. Pers. 317; τὸν χρῶτα [μεταβάλλει] ὁ χαμαιλέων Arist. Mir. 832b14; χρὼς αἵματος Orph. L. 660.

In the wild

χρῶτα · chrōta Aeschylus, Persians 314–317
χροΐ · chroi Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 787–790
χρόα · chroa Aristophanes, Frogs 1309–1312
χρὼς · chrōs Aristophanes, Lysistrata 127 (DIORISIS sentence 108)
χροῒ · chroi Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 67)
χρόα · chroa Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 60)

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χρώς (scan p. 1299; entry #8827).

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