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χάλαζα

χάλαζα, hail

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χαλαζῶν feminine genitive plural of χάλαζα

χαλαζῶν present active participle masculine vocative singular, present active participle neuter nominative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular, present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active participle masculine nominative singular of χαλαζάω

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χάλαζ-α [χᾰ], ης, ἡ,
  • hail (cf. Pl. Ti. 59e, Arist. Mu. 394b1), ὄμβρον . . ἠὲ χάλαζαν ἢ νιφετόν Il. 10.6, cf. 15.170, Apoc. 8.7, etc.: pl., X. Oec. 5.18, Pl. Smp. 188b, R. 397a; χ. στρογγύλαι hailstones, Ar. Nu. 1127 (troch.); ἀπὸ τῶν χαλαζῶν . . ἄπαγε σεαυτόν Id. Ra. 852: metaph., any pelting shower, ὀμβρία χ. S. OC 1503; χ. αἵματος Pi. I. 7(6).27.
    • II any small knot like a hailstone,
      • 1 pimple or tubercle in the flesh of swine, Arist. HA 603b18, Pr. 963b34, Androsth. ap. Ath. 3.93c.
      • 2 small cyst, such as grows on the eyelid, Gal. 19.437, Poll. 4.198, etc.
      • 3 a knot or hard lump; in an egg, Arist. HA 560a28; in coal, Thphr. Sign. 25; in ivory, Philostr. VA 2.13; λίθοι χαλάζης crystals, I Enoch 14.9,10. (Cf. Sloven. žled, Ukr. oželeda ‘sleet, ice’.)

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