χρῶμα
χρῶμα,
ατος,
τό,(
χρώννυμι)
A). skin, esp. of the human body, κάθαρσις διὰ τοῦ χρώματος Hp. Insomn. 89 (sed χρωτός recte cod. θ).
II). colour, esp. of the skin or body,
complexion, Hdt. 2.32 ,
3.101 ,
Hp. Aph. 4.40 , etc.;
χρῶμα ἀλλάξαι E. Ph. 1246 , cf.
Men. Epit. 466 ;
μεθιστάναι τοῦ χρώματος Ar. Eq. 399 (lyr.);
τὸ χ. διακεκναις μένος Id. Nu. 120 ;
παντοδαπὰ ἠφίει χρώματα changed
colour continually,
Pl. Ly. 222b ;
χ. διαμένον an unchanging
colour (of the face),
Nicol.Com. 1.28 ; so of animals, x.
Cyn. 4.7 .
IV). complexion, character of style in writing,
χρώματα [λέξεως] (of
τὸ στριφνόν, τὸ τυκνόν, etc.)
D.H. Amm. 2.2 ;
ποιητικῆς χρώματα Phld. Mus. p.84K. , cf.
Hermog. Id. 1.12 .
3). in Music, a
modification of the simplest music:
τὰ μέλη μεταβολαῖς καὶ χρώμασιν ὡς εὖ κέκραται Antiph. 209.4 ;
χρώματα εὔχροα ἐκιθάρισε Philoch. 66 :but esp.
4). Rhet.,
complexion, colourable pretence, Hermog. Stat. 1 ,
3 (pl.), Arg.
D. 19 <*>
12 .
V). of the factions in the Circus at Constantinople,
Agath. 5.14 ,
21 .
VI). Astrol., =
χρόα 1.3 ,
complexion of heavenly bodies,
Phld. D. 3.9 , Vett. Val.
107.26 .
ShortDef
the surface, skin: the colour of the skin, the complexion
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χρῶμα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
χρωμα
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">χρῶμα</span>, <span class="itype greek">ατος</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>,(<span class="etym greek">χρώννυμι</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">skin,</span> esp. of the human body, <span class="quote greek">κάθαρσις διὰ τοῦ χρώματος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Insomn.</span> 89 </span> (sed <span class="foreign greek">χρωτός</span> recte cod. <span class="itype greek">θ</span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">colour,</span> esp. of the skin or body, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">complexion,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.32 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:101" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.101/canonical-url/"> 3.101 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:4:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:4.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aph.</span> 4.40 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">χρῶμα ἀλλάξαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1246" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1246/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1246 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:466" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:466/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epit.</span> 466 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μεθιστάναι τοῦ χρώματος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:399" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:399/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 399 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τὸ χ. διακεκναις μένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 120 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">παντοδαπὰ ἠφίει χρώματα</span> changed <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">colour</span> continually, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:222b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:222b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ly.</span> 222b </a>; <span class="foreign greek">χ. διαμένον</span> an unchanging <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">colour</span> (of the face), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0481.tlg001:1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0481.tlg001:1.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nicol.Com.</span> 1.28 </a>; so of animals, x.<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyn.</span> 4.7 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">colour,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gorg.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:7:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:7.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 7.85 </a>; defined by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Zeno Stoic.</span> 1.26 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">χρώματα βάπτειν</span> use <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pigments</span> for dyeing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:429e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:429e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 429e </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ τῶν χρωμάτων καὶ σχημάτων θεωρεῖν,</span> i.e. look to <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the outside</span> only, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:601a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:601a/canonical-url/"> 601a </a>; <span class="quote greek">διὰ τῶν χ. ἀπεικάζειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:10:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:10:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 3.10.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χρώμασι καὶ σχήμασι μιμεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1447a:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1447a.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1447a18 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">περὶ χρωμάτων,</span> title of treatise by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">ἐναλείφειν τοῖς χ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:743b:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:743b.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 743b24 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χρωμάτων κρᾶσις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg057:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg057:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Zeux.</span> 5 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">χρώματος ἔντριψις,</span> of cosmetics, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:3:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:3:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.3.2 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τοῖς ἐγχρίστοις εἰς τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς χρώμασιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:747a:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:747a.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 747a10 </a> ; of medicines, <span class="quote greek">φάρμακα χρώμασι καὶ ὀσμαῖς πεποικιλμένα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:394a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:394a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 394a </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">turmeric, Curcuma longa,</span> used in dyeing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Od.</span> 31 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">complexion, character of style</span> in writing, <span class="foreign greek">χρώματα [λέξεως</span>] (of <span class="foreign greek">τὸ στριφνόν, τὸ τυκνόν,</span> etc.) <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Amm.</span> 2.2 </span>; <span class="quote greek">ποιητικῆς χρώματα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mus.</span> p.84K. </span> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg004:1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg004:1.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hermog.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Id.</span> 1.12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph. in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ornaments, embellishments,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀλλοτρίοις χ. καὶ κόσμοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:239d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:239d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 239d </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:465b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:465b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 465b </a>; also of style or language, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 20 </a>; of Music, <span class="quote greek">γυμνωθέντα .. τῶν τῆς μουσικῆς χρωμάτων τὰ τῶν τοιητῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:601b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:601b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 601b </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in Music, a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">modification</span> of the simplest music: <span class="quote greek">τὰ μέλη μεταβολαῖς καὶ χρώμασιν ὡς εὖ κέκραται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:209:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:209.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 209.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χρώματα εὔχροα ἐκιθάρισε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0583.tlg001:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0583.tlg001:66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philoch.</span> 66 </a> :but esp. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">chromatic</span> scale or music, <span class="quote greek">οὔτε χρῶμα δειλοὺς οὔτε ἁρμονία ἀνδρείους ποιεῖ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anon.</span> </span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PHib.</span> 1.13.22 </span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0361.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0361.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cleonid.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Harm.</span> 3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2136.tlg001:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2136.tlg001:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Bacch.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Harm.</span> 23 </a>, etc.: <span class="foreign greek">χ.μαλακόν, ἡμιόλιον, τονιαῖον,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0361.tlg001:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0361.tlg001:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cleonid.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Harm.</span> 7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> Rhet., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">complexion, colourable pretence,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg002:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg002:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hermog.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Stat.</span> 1 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg002:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg002:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a>(pl.), Arg.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19 </span><*><span class="bibl"> 12 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> of the factions in the Circus at Constantinople, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4024.tlg001:5:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4024.tlg001:5.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Agath.</span> 5.14 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4024.tlg001:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4024.tlg001:21/canonical-url/"> 21 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> Astrol., = <span class="ref greek">χρόα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4024.tlg001:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4024.tlg001:1.3/canonical-url/"> 1.3 </a>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">complexion</span> of heavenly bodies, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">D.</span> 3.9 </span>, Vett. Val.<span class="bibl"> 107.26 </span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}