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            "lemma": "χροιά",
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                    "dictionary": "LSJ",
                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "Ep. and Ion. χροιή, <i>Il.<\/i> 14.164, Thgn. 1017 (in Call. <i>Lav. Pall.<\/i> 28 χροϊά (χροίην codd.)), <i>Att.<\/i> χροιά and χρόα, the latter always in Pl. (v. infr.), also in Phld. <i>D.<\/i> 3.9, <i>sign<\/i>. 5, al. (v. χρώς) : — <b>skin<\/b>, esp. of the human body, hence <b>the body<\/b> itself, παραδραθέειν φιλότητι ᾑ χροιῇ <i>Il. l.c.<\/i> ; κατὰ χροιὴν ῥέει ἱδρώς Thgn. <i>l.c.<\/i> ; ὄζειν… τῆς χρόας ἔφασκεν ἡδύ μου Ar. <i>Pl.<\/i> 1020; τὰ ἐξανθεῦντα ἐς τὴν χροιὴν (<b>skin, surface<\/b>) ἢ χροιῇ (<b>colour<\/b>, signf. II) ἢ οἰδήμασι Hp. <i>de Arte<\/i> 9; cf. χρώς. <i>metaph<\/i>, ΄skin΄, i.e.<br\/><b>surface<\/b>, Pythagorean term, Arist. <i>Sens.<\/i> 439a31, Placit. 1.15.2, <i>Theol.Ar.<\/i> 18 (pl.); χ. ἐπίπεδος <i>ib.<\/i> 10; so perh. in Epicur. <i>Fr.<\/i> 81, Phld. <i>Sign.<\/i> 5, al.<br\/><b>appearance<\/b> to the eye, of heavenly bodies, Id. <i>D.<\/i> 3.9.<br\/><b>superficial appearance<\/b> of a thing, its <b>colour<\/b>, Thgn. 451, A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 493, E. <i>Cyc.<\/i> 517 (lyr.); παντοδάπαισι μεμειχμένα χροίαισιν Sappho 20, cf. Numen. ap. Ath. 7.282a; τοιοῦτον (sc. ἐρυθρόν) εἶναι τῇ χροιᾷ τὸ μέλι Porph. <i>Antr.<\/i> 16; ἔστιν… χρόα ἀπορροὴ σχημάτων ὄψει σύμμετρος καὶ αἰσθητός Pl. <i>Men.<\/i> 76d; νόμῳ χροιή… ἐτεῇ δ’ ἄτομα καὶ κενόν Democr. 125, cf. Anaxag. 4, Arist. <i>Sens.<\/i> 440a8; ἐκ τριῶν τὰς χρόας ἅπασας μεμεγμένας, τοῦ φωτός, καὶ δι’ ὧν φαίνεται τὸ φῶς, καὶ τῶν ὑποκειμένων χρωμάτων Id. <i>Col.<\/i> 793b33. esp.<br\/><b>colour of the skin, complexion<\/b>, χροιῆς ἄνθος ἀμειβομένης Sol. 27.6; χροιᾶς ἀμείψεις ἄνθος A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 23; χροιὰν ἀλλάξασα E. <i>Med.<\/i> 1168; λευκὴν χ. ἐκ παρασκευῆς ἔχεις Id. <i>Ba.<\/i> 457, cf. Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 1012 (anap.); χρόᾳ ἀδήλῳ τῶν δεδραμένων πέρι <b>with colour<\/b> that gives no hint of what has passed, E. <i>Or.<\/i> 1318; χρόαν… τὴν σὴν ἥλιος… αἰγυπτιώσει Pl.Com. (?) p. 615K. (post <i>Fr.<\/i> 55); χρόας κάλλος Pl. <i>Smp.<\/i> 196a; ἐρίζοι καὶ γάλακι χροιήν Call. <i>Hec.<\/i> 1.4.3. in Music, <b>nuance<\/b> of a scale, Plu. 2.1143e. — On the accent, v. Hdn. <i>Gr.<\/i> 1.301, al."
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ἡ, ep. u. ion. <b>χροιή<\/b>, att. <b>χροία<\/b> u. <b>χρόα<\/b>, <font color='green'>Lobeck<\/font> <i>Phryn<\/i>. p. 416,<br\/><b>1)<\/b> <i>die Oberfläche eines Körpers<\/i>, bes. des menschlichen Leibes, <i>die Haut ; der Körper, Leib<\/i> selbst ; εἴ πως ἱμείραιτο παραδραθέειν φιλότητι ᾗ χροιῇ <i>Il<\/i>. 14.164 ; κατὰ χροιὴν ῥέει ἱδρώς Theogn. 1071 ; ὄζειν τῆς χρόας ἔφασκεν ἡδύ μου Ar. <i>Plut<\/i>. 1020.<br\/><b>2)<\/b> <i>die Oberfläche als etwas Gefärbtes, die Farbe<\/i> selbst, bes. <i>die Farbe der Haut<\/i> ; χροιᾶς ἀμείψεις ἄνθος Aesch. <i>Prom<\/i>. 23 ; χροιὰν ἀλλάξασα Eur. <i>Med<\/i>. 1168 ; λευκὴν χροιὰν ἔχεις <i>Bacch<\/i>. 457 ; ὠχρά Ar. <i>Nub<\/i>. 1003, u. öfter ; Plat. <i>Symp<\/i>. 196a u. öfter, immer in der Form χρόα.<br\/><b>3)<\/b> Bei den Pythagoreern <i>die Fläche od. die Grenze jedes Körpers<\/i>. – In der Musik <i>ein gewisses Tongeschlecht<\/i>, wie χρῶμα, Plut. <i>de mus<\/i>. 34."
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                    "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars",
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                    "description": "1. <b>the surface of a body, the skin; the body <\/b> itself, [Iliad by Homer (8th\/7th c.BC), Theognis Elegiacus (Refs 6th c.BC), Aristophanes Comicus (5th\/4th c.BC)] <br\/>2. <b>the superficial appearance <\/b> of a thing, its <b>colour <\/b>, [Aeschulus Tragicus (6th\/5th c.BC), Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)], etc.:—;especially <b>the colour of the skin, the complexion <\/b>, [Aeschulus Tragicus (6th\/5th c.BC), Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)] (ML)"
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