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χύμα

chuma · τό

that which is poured out

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χύμα · chyma — LSJ

that which is poured out, flows, fluid

that which is poured out or flows, fluid, Arist. HA 550b27, D.S. 17.75; even χ. νιφάδος Alciphr. 1.23; χ. τέσσαρα, viz. the hot, cold, moist, and dry, Ptol. Tetr. 19.

2 ingot, bar

ingot, bar, IG 7.303.104 (Orop., iii B. C.); χ. χρυσοῦν Inscr.Délos 442 B 6 (ii B. C.), [χρυσίου] ib. 1432 Ab i17 (Delos, ii B. C., pl.), cf. Agatharch. 28.

3 confused mass, aggregate, crowd

metaph., confused mass, τῶν ἀριθμῶν LXX 2 Ma. 2.24; aggregate, Theol.Ar. 34; crowd, πρεσβυτέρων καὶ νεωτέρων Aristeas 14.

4 materials, constituents

αὐτὰ τὰ χ. τῶν σφαιρῶν materials, constituents, Phlp. in Mete. 26.8; τοῦ χ. αὐτοῦ τῶν σφαιρῶν ἡ οὐσία ib. 4.2.

5 largeness

χ. καρδίας largeness of heart, LXX 3 Ki. 4.25 (5.9). [On accent and quantity v. Hdn.Gr. 2.15.]

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