χοῖρος

χοῖρος, ὁ (ἡ Hippon. 40, S. Fr. 230, Ar. Ach. 764):—

• young pig, porker (younger than δέλφαξ, Ar.Byz. ap. Ath 9.375. Cratin. 3a), Od. 14.73, Alc. Supp. 24.2, Hdt. 2.48, A. Fr. 309, Ar. Ach. 781, etc.; offered as one of the smaller sacrifices, Pl. R. 378a, X. An. 7.8.5, D. 54.39, Henioch. 2.
• • • • b generally, = ὗς, σῦς, swine, ἤδη δέλφακες, χοῖροι δὲ τοῖσιν ἄλλοις Cratin. l.c., cf. Mnesim. 4.47 (anap.), Plu. Cic. 7, Ev.Matt. 8.30.
    • 2 pudenda muliebria, freq. in Com. poets, who are always punning on the word and its compds., Ar. Ach. 773 sq., etc.; said to be a Corinthian usage, Suid.
  • II a fish of the Nile, Str. 17.2.4, Ath. 7.312a, Gp. 20.7.1, 13 tit. (Perh. for ĝhoryo- ‘grey’, cf. Norse griss ‘sucking-pig’, OHG. grīs ‘grey’, or cf. Alb. der̄ ‘pig’.)

χοῖρος, ὁ,
1) eigtl. ein junges Schwein, ein Ferkel ; Od. 14.73 ; Ar. u. sonst ; auch übh. ein Schwein ; bei Hipponax, Soph., Ar. Ach. 764 ff. u. sp.D., bes. bei Ioniern auch ἡ χοῖρος, s. Ath. IX.735c (Soph. frg. 217); – βρώματά μοι χοίρων συκιζομένων προέθηκας, Schweinefleisch, Pallad. 23 (IX.487).
2) die weibliche Scham, Comic. oft, wie Ar. Ach. 736, Th. 289, Eccl. 724.

χοῖρος

A young fattened pig, a porker Od. 14.73.

χοῖρος : young pig, porker, Od. 14.73†.

χοῖρος, ὁ, ἡ,

• a young pig, porker, Od., etc.