χαρακτήρ
χᾰρακτήρ,
ῆρος,
ὁ,(
χαράσσω)
A). engraver, Euryph. ap. Stob. 4.39.27 ; one who mints coins, IPE 1216 A 14 (Olbia, iii B. C.).
2). graving tool, Daimachus 4J. (pl.) ap.
St.Byz. s.v.
Λακεδαίμων. 3). die, stamp, IG 22.1013.64 ,
1408.11 ,
1424a120 ,
280 ,
1469.107 ; in a simile,
Arist. GA 781a28 .
4). branding-iron, Clara Rhodos 2.171 (ii B. C.).
II). mark engraved, impress, stamp on coins and seals,
ἀργύρου λαμπρὸς χ. E. El. 559 , cf.
Pl. Plt. 289b ,
Arist. Pol. 1257a40 ;
coin type, standard, ἦν δ’ ὁ ἀρχαῖος χ. δίδραχμον Id. Ath. 10.2 , cf.
OGI 339.45 (Sestos, ii B. C.),
D.S. 17.66 ;
Κότυος χ. Head
Hist.Num. 2285 (Thrace, i B. C.): hence, in pl., =
χάραγμα 1.2 ,
PFlor. 61.21 (i A. D.): metaph.,
οἷς ἡ ἀρετὴ εὐδοξίας χαρακτῆρα τοῖς ἔργοις ἐπέβαλεν set a
stamp upon them,
Isoc. 1.8 ;
Κύπριος (s. v. l.)
χαρακτὴρ .. ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις εἰκὼς πέπληκται A. Supp. 282 .
2). esp. of
figures or
letters, οἱ τῶν γραμμάτων χ. Plu. 2.214f ;
ὁ τύπος τῶν χ. ib.
577f , cf.
1120f ,
D.S. 3.67 ; of the
letters used by
Hp. in
Epid. 3.1 , Zeno and Apollonius ap.
Gal. 17(1).618 , cf.
524s q.; of a single
letter of the alphabet,
Jul. Or. 2.72a ;
ξυλήφια βραχέα ἔχοντα χαρακτῆρα Plb. 6.35.7 ;
brand on a camel,
PGen. 29.8 (ii A. D.); of
symbols in a prescription,
Gal. 13.995 ; of magical
symbols (such as the seven vowels),
τῶν χ. ἡ ἀπόρρητος φύσις Jul. Or. 7.216c , cf.
Iamb. Myst. 3.13 ,
Sallust. 15 ; of hieroglyphs, opp.
γράμματα, Luc. Herm. 44 .
3). metaph.,
distinctive mark or
token impressed (as it were)
on a person or thing, by which it is known from others,
characteristic, character, χ. γλώσσης, of a particular dialect,
Hdt. 1.57 ,
142 ;
χ. αὑτὸς ἐν γλώσσῃ S. Fr. 176 ;
χ. ἡμεδαπὸς τῶν ῥημάτων Ar. Pax 220 ;
ὁ Ἑλληνικὸς χ. Greek
idiom, D.H. Pomp. 3 : freq. of persons,
feature, ὁ χ. τοῦ προσώπου Hdt. 1.116 ;
εἰληφέναι χαρακτῆρα ἑκατέρου τοῦ εἴδους Pl. Phdr. 263b ;
οἱ τῆς ὄψεως χ. D.S. 1.91 ;
ἀνδρῶν οὐδεὶς χ. ἐμπέφυκε σώματι E. Med. 519 ;
δεινὸς χ. κἀπίσημος .. ἐσθλῶν γενέσθαι Id. Hec. 379 ;
φανερὸς χ. ἀρετᾶς Id. HF 659 (lyr.);
ἠθικοὶ χ., title of work by
Thphr.: pl.,
οἱ χ. the
features of the face,
J. AJ 13.12.1 , cf.
OGI 508.13 (Ephesus, ii A. D.);
χ. μορφῆς ἐμῆς ib.
383.60 (Nemrud Dagh, i B. C., sg.);[
τοῦ ἐμβρύου]
Sor. 1.33 (pl.): hence,
4). type or
character (regarded as shared with others) of a thing or person, rarely of an
individual nature, ἀνδρὸς χ. ἐκ λόγου γνωρίζεται Men. 72 ;
χ. μοχθηρότατον παραπλάττεσθαι Phld. Rh. 1.6 S.;
τὸν χ. τὸν Διογένους Arr. Epict. 3.22.80 ;
τίνα ἔχει χ. τὰ δόγματα; ib.
4.5.17 ; of nations,
Plb. 18.34.7 .
5). style, freq. in Rhet.,
ὁ Δημοσθένους χ. D.H. Dem. 9 , cf.
Pomp. 1 ,
Cic. QF 2.15(16).5 ;
χ. δικανικός Phld. Rh. 2.137S. ;
χ. optimi the ideal
type, Cic. Orat. 11.36 , cf.
39.134 ;
χ. ἰσχνός, μεγαλοπρεπής, γλαφυρός, δεινός Demetr. Eloc. 36 , cf.
D.H. Dem. 33 ;
χ. λέξεως Id. Lys. 11 ;
χ. Ἀσιανός Str. 13.1.66 .
6). impress, image, τῆς ὑποστάσεως [τοῦ θεοῦ]
Ep.Heb. 1.3 ;
πάθους, ἀρετῆς, Longin. 22.1 ,
Eun. Hist. p.243 D.: abs.,
οἱ Σεβάστειοι χ. the imperial
seal, i.e. the emperor himself,
IG 5(2).268.24 (Mantinea, i B. C.).
ShortDef
a mark engraved
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">χᾰρακτήρ</span>, <span class="itype greek">ῆρος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">χαράσσω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">engraver,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euryph.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stob.</span> 4.39.27 </span>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">one who mints coins</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IPE</span> 1216 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A</span> 14 </span> (Olbia, iii B. C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">graving tool,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2482.tlg001:4J" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2482.tlg001:4J/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Daimachus</span> 4J. </a> (pl.) ap.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">St.Byz.</span> </span> s.v. <span class="ref greek">Λακεδαίμων.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">die, stamp,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">IG</span> 22.1013.64 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 1408.11 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 1424a120 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 280 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 1469.107 </span>; in a simile, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:781a:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:781a.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 781a28 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">branding-iron, Clara Rhodos</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:2:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:2.171/canonical-url/"> 2.171 </a> (ii B. C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mark engraved, impress, stamp</span> on coins and seals, <span class="quote greek">ἀργύρου λαμπρὸς χ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:559" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:559/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 559 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:289b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:289b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 289b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1257a:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1257a.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1257a40 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">coin type, standard,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἦν δ’ ὁ ἀρχαῖος χ. δίδραχμον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 10.2 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 339.45 </span> (Sestos, ii B. C.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:17:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:17.66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 17.66 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Κότυος χ.</span> Head <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hist.Num.</span> 2285 </span> (Thrace, i B. C.): hence, in pl., = <span class="ref greek">χάραγμα</span> <span class="bibl"> 1.2 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PFlor.</span> 61.21 </span> (i A. D.): metaph., <span class="foreign greek">οἷς ἡ ἀρετὴ εὐδοξίας χαρακτῆρα τοῖς ἔργοις ἐπέβαλεν</span> set a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stamp</span> upon them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 1.8 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Κύπριος</span> (s. v. l.) <span class="quote greek">χαρακτὴρ .. ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις εἰκὼς πέπληκται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:282" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:282/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 282 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> esp. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">figures</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">letters,</span> <span class="quote greek">οἱ τῶν γραμμάτων χ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.214f </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ τύπος τῶν χ.</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 577f </span>, cf. <span class="bibl"> 1120f </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:3:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:3.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 3.67 </a>; of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">letters</span> used by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 3.1 </a>, Zeno and Apollonius ap.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 17(1).618 </span>, cf. <span class="bibl"> 524s </span>q.; of a single <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">letter</span> of the alphabet, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:2:72a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:2.72a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 2.72a </a>; <span class="quote greek">ξυλήφια βραχέα ἔχοντα χαρακτῆρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:35:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:35:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 6.35.7 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">brand</span> on a camel, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PGen.</span> 29.8 </span> (ii A. D.); of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">symbols</span> in a prescription, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 13.995 </span>; of magical <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">symbols</span> (such as the seven vowels), <span class="quote greek">τῶν χ. ἡ ἀπόρρητος φύσις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:7:216c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:7.216c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 7.216c </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg006:3:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg006:3.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Iamb.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Myst.</span> 3.13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2049.tlg001:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2049.tlg001:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sallust.</span> 15 </a>; of hieroglyphs, opp. <span class="foreign greek">γράμματα,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg063:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg063:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Herm.</span> 44 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">distinctive mark</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">token impressed</span> (as it were) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">on</span> a person or thing, by which it is known from others, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">characteristic, character,</span> <span class="foreign greek">χ. γλώσσης,</span> of a particular dialect, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.57 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:142" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:142/canonical-url/"> 142 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χ. αὑτὸς ἐν γλώσσῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:176/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 176 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χ. ἡμεδαπὸς τῶν ῥημάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:220" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:220/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 220 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ Ἑλληνικὸς χ.</span> Greek <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">idiom,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg015:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg015:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pomp.</span> 3 </a>: freq. of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">feature,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὁ χ. τοῦ προσώπου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:116" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.116/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.116 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰληφέναι χαρακτῆρα ἑκατέρου τοῦ εἴδους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:263b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:263b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 263b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἱ τῆς ὄψεως χ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1.91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 1.91 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀνδρῶν οὐδεὶς χ. ἐμπέφυκε σώματι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:519" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:519/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 519 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δεινὸς χ. κἀπίσημος .. ἐσθλῶν γενέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:379" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:379/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 379 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φανερὸς χ. ἀρετᾶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:659" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:659/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 659 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">ἠθικοὶ χ.,</span> title of work by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span></span>: pl., <span class="foreign greek">οἱ χ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">features</span> of the face, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:12:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:12:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AJ</span> 13.12.1 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 508.13 </span> (Ephesus, ii A. D.); <span class="foreign greek">χ. μορφῆς ἐμῆς</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 383.60 </span> (Nemrud Dagh, i B. C., sg.);[<span class="foreign greek">τοῦ ἐμβρύου</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.33 </a> (pl.): hence, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">type</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">character</span> (regarded as shared with others) of a thing or person, rarely of an <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">individual nature,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀνδρὸς χ. ἐκ λόγου γνωρίζεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 72 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χ. μοχθηρότατον παραπλάττεσθαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1.6 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">τὸν χ. τὸν Διογένους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:3:22:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:3:22:80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epict.</span> 3.22.80 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τίνα ἔχει χ. τὰ δόγματα;</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:4:5:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:4:5:17/canonical-url/"> 4.5.17 </a>; of nations, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:34:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:34:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 18.34.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">style,</span> freq. in Rhet., <span class="quote greek">ὁ Δημοσθένους χ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg006:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg006:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dem.</span> 9 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg015:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg015:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pomp.</span> 1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi058:fr::2:15:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi058:fr::2:15:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">QF</span> 2.15(16).5 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χ. δικανικός</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 2.137S. </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">χ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">optimi</span> the ideal <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">type,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi040.perseus-lat1:11:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi040.perseus-lat1:11.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Orat.</span> 11.36 </a>, cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi040.perseus-lat1:39:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi040.perseus-lat1:39.134/canonical-url/"> 39.134 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χ. ἰσχνός, μεγαλοπρεπής, γλαφυρός, δεινός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Demetr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eloc.</span> 36 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg006:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg006:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dem.</span> 33 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χ. λέξεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg003:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg003:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 11 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χ. Ἀσιανός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:1:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:1:66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 13.1.66 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">impress, image,</span> <span class="foreign greek">τῆς ὑποστάσεως [τοῦ θεοῦ</span>] <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Heb.</span> 1.3 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">πάθους, ἀρετῆς,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Longin.</span> 22.1 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2050.tlg002:p.243" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2050.tlg002:p.243/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eun.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hist.</span> p.243 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>: abs., <span class="foreign greek">οἱ Σεβάστειοι χ.</span> the imperial <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seal,</span> i.e. the emperor himself, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 5(2).268.24 </span> (Mantinea, i B. C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> Gramm., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">typical form,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:20:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:20.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Synt.</span> 20.10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:103:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:103.23/canonical-url/"> 103.23 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}