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            "lemma": "χάος",
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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
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                    "description": "<i>gén<\/i>. χάεος-χάους (τὸ) :<br\/><b>   I<\/b> ouverture béante, gouffre, abîme, SPT. <i>Mich. 1, 6 ; Zach. 14, 4 ; en parl. d’un tombeau,<\/i> OPP. <i>C. 4, 92 ; de la gueule du crocodile,<\/i> OPP. <i>C. 3, 414, etc. particul. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> espace immense et ténébreux qui existait avant l’origine des choses, <i>personnifié dans<\/i> HÉS. <i>Th. 116 ;<\/i> AR. <i>Av. 693, etc. ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Conv. 178<\/i> b ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> espace immense du Tartare, PLAT. <i>Ax. 371<\/i> e ; <i>d’où<\/i> obscurité, ténèbres des Enfers, Q. SM. <i>2, 614 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> <i>p. ext<\/i>. immensité de l’espace, de l’air, AR. <i>Nub. 424, 627 ; Av. 192 ; ou<\/i> durée infinie du temps, M. ANT. <i>4, 3 ;<\/i><br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>p. suite,<\/i> d’une fausse dérivation <i>de<\/i> χέω (verser, répandre) :<br\/><b>      1<\/b> masse confuse des éléments répandus dans l’espace, chaos, LUC. <i>Am. 32 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> <i>t. stoïc<\/i>. liquide, <i>particul<\/i>. eau, PLUT. <i>M. 955<\/i> e.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Gén. épq<\/i>. χάεος, HÉS. <i>Th. 123, 814, etc<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>cf<\/i>. χαῦνος ; <i>probabl. apparenté à<\/i> χάσκω.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "εος, <i>Att.<\/i> ους, τό, <b>chaos<\/b>, the first state of the universe, πρώτιστα χ. γένετ΄, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα Γαῖ’ εὐρύστερνος κτλ. Hes. <i>Th.<\/i> 116, cf. Ibyc. 28, Epich. 170.3, Acus. <i>Fr.<\/i> 5J., Arist. <i>Metaph.<\/i> 1091b6, Ar. <i>Av.<\/i> 693 (anap.); χάους… παῖς καλεῦμαι Simm. Alae 7; represented sts. as <b>infinite space<\/b>, S.E. <i>P.<\/i> 3.121, cf. Plot. 6.8.11; sts. as <b>unformed matter<\/b>, Luc. <i>Am.<\/i> 32 (esp., acc. to the Stoics, <b>water<\/b>, Zeno <i>Stoic.<\/i> 1.29 (with deriv. fr. χέω)).<br\/><b>space, the expanse of air<\/b>, ἄτρυτον χ. B. 5.27, cf. Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 424 (anap.), 627, <i>Av.<\/i> 1218. τὸ χ. τοῦ ἐφ’ ἑκάτερα ἀπείρου αἰῶνος, of <b>infinite<\/b> time, M.Ant 4.3.<br\/><b>the nether abyss, infinite darkness<\/b>, joined with Ἔρεβος, Pl. <i>Ax.<\/i> 371e; with ὄρφνη, Q.S. 2.614; represented as in the interior of the globe, Plu. 2.953a; χάους κύνα, of Cerberus, <i>APl.<\/i> 4.91. generally, <b>darkness<\/b>, A.R. 4.1697.<br\/><b>any vast gulf<\/b> or <b>chasm<\/b>, LXX Mi. 1.6, Za. 14.4; of a <b>pit<\/b>, Opp. <i>C.<\/i> 4.92; of the <b>gaping jaws<\/b> of the crocodile, <i>ib.<\/i> 3.414, cf. 4.161, <i>H.<\/i> 5.52.<br\/>Pythag. name for <b>one<\/b>, <i>Theol.Ar.<\/i> 6."
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                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "τό (χάω, χαίνω), <i>der leere, unermeßliche Raum<\/i> ; persönlich gefaßt von Hes. <i>Th<\/i>. 116 ; <i>die rohe, verworrene Masse, aus der das Weltall geschaffen wurde<\/i>, Plat. <i>Symp<\/i>. 178b ; Ar. öfter. – Später auch <i>die unermeßliche Zeit<\/i>, M.Ant. 4.3. – Dah.<br\/>   <b>a)<\/b> <i>jeder leere, weite Raum, jede Kluft<\/i>, wie χάσμα, εὐρύ Opp. <i>Cyn<\/i>. 3.414.<br\/>   <b>b)<\/b> <i>der Luftraum, die Atmosphäre<\/i>, Stesichor.<br\/>   <b>c)<\/b> <i>die Finsternis<\/i>, Qu.Sm. 2.614, <font color='blue'>neben ὄρφνη<\/font>."
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