The corpus record — Latin

chamaeleon

chamaeleon · m

a kind of lizard that changes its color

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Where it lives

De Pallio 2 · 5.84/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

chămaelĕon — Lewis & Short

chămaelĕon, ōnis and ontis, m., = xamaile/wn.

I Masc., a kind of lizard that changes its color, the chameleon, Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120; 10, 52, 73, § 143; Gell. 10, 12, 1 sq.—

II Masc. and fem., a plant, the carline thistle; masc., Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 45; 27, 13, 118, § 143; fem., id. 30, 4, 10, § 30.

Where it came from

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