χίμαιρα
χίμαιρα, a she-goat
χίμαιρ-α [ῐ], ἡ,
- she-goat, Il. 6.181, Hes. Th. 322, PCair.Zen. 576.3 (iii B. C.); sacrificed before battle to Ἄρτεμις Ἀγροτέρα, A. Ag. 232 (lyr.), X. An. 3.2.12, HG 4.2.20, Lac. 13.8; θαλλὸν χιμαίραις προσφέρων S. Fr. 502; a young she-goat (cf. χίμαρος), Arist. HA 523a1; χ. ἐξ αἰγῶν kid, LXX Le. 4.28, 29.
- II Χίμαιρα, ἡ, Chimaera, a fire-breathing monster, Il. 6.179, cf. 16.328; Hes. Th. 319, etc.; χ. πύρπνοος Anaxil. 22.3 (troch.), Epinic. 2.10.
- 2 expld. as mythical for a volcano in Lycia, Str. 14.3.5.
χίμαιρα, ας (ἡ) [ῐ]
1 jeune chèvre, Il. 6, 181 ; Hés. Th. 322, 323 ; particul. chèvre qu’on immolait avant un combat, en l’honneur d’Ἄρτεμις ἀγροτέρα, Eschl. Ag. 232 ; Xén. An. 3, 2, 12 ; Hell. 4, 2, 20 ; Lac. 13, 8 etc. ||
2 sorte de poisson, Anon. (Ath. 282b).
Étym. χίμαρος.
1. geit.
2. Chimaera (monster).
χίμαιρα, ἡ, die Ziege ; Il. 6.181 ; Hes. Th. 322 ; Aesch. Ag. 224.
χίμαιρα
ἡ.
A she-goat Il. 6.181.
χίμαιρα : she-goat, Il. 6.181†.
χίμαιρα
fem. of χίμαρος
- Ia she-goat, Lat. capra, Il., Hes., Attic
- IIΧίμαιρα, ἡ, Chimaera, a firespouting-monster, with lionʼs head, serpentʼs tail, and goatʼs body, killed by Bellerophon, Il.