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χοιράς

χοιράς, of a hog

χοιρ-άς, άδος, ἡ,
  • like a hog or a hogʼs back, χ. πέτρα low rock rising just above the sea like a hogʼs back, Pi. P. 10.52, cf. AP 9.289 (Bass.)
      • 2 Subst., χ. ἀμυδρά sunken rock, Archil. 128, cf. Thgn. 576; opp. σκόπελοι ὀξέες, Hdt. 2.29; ἀκταὶ . . χοιράδες τε A. Pers. 421; χ. Δηλία the Delian rock, i.e. the rocky isle of Delos, Id. Eu. 9; Δήλιοι χ. E. Tr. 89; χ. Σηπιάς Id. Andr. 1265; χοιράδες, of the Symplegades, Theoc. 13.24; αἱ χ. νῆσοι, off Tarentum, Th. 7.33.
    • II in pl., scrofulous swellings in the glands of the neck, etc., Hp. Aph. 3.26, AP 11.333 (Callicter), Plu. Cic. 9, 26.
    • III sow, PMag.Osl. 1.107.

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