Strong G5559χρώς

χρώς, ὁ,
genitive χρωτός, dative χρωτί, accusative χρῶτα (Attic dialect χρώ only in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.248H.): _Epic dialect_ and _Ionic dialectgenitive_ χροός, _dative_ χροΐ, _accusative_ χρόα (also in Lesbian, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 10.6, +others))], as always in Hom.and [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, except _genitive_ χρωτός in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.575)], accusative χρῶτα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.172, 179, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 556; 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus uses χρωτός, 76.3 (but χροΐ 100.17); 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus uses χρωτί, χρῶτα, “P.” 1.55, “I.” 4(3).23(41))]; these forms are frequently in Trag., but Ionic dialect dative χροΐ occurs in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 605, and χροός, χροΐ, χρόα are frequently in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, “Hec.” 548, “Med.” 1175, “Ph.” 264, +others:— _dative_ χρῷ occurs in the phrase ἐν χρῷ see below 1.2 and in 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.10.)] —rare in Comedy texts and _Attic dialect_ Prose.
I of the human body, skin or flesh, οὔ σφι λίθος χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.510; καὶ γάρ θην τούτῳ τρωτὸς χρώς 21.568; χρῶτ᾽ ἀπονιψαμένη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.172; ἀκρότατον δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὀϊστὸς ἐπέγραψε χρόα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.139; ταμέειν χρόα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ 13.501)]; λιλαιοένη χροὸς ἆσαι, of a spear,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (21.168; κακὰ χροΐ εἵματ᾽ ἔχοντα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.506; χρῷ πῦρ ὐπαδεδρόμακεν 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.10; μύροις χρῶτα λιπαίνων 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 18.1 (_anapaest meter_))]: especially flesh, opposed to bone, φθινύθει δ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ ὀστεόφι χρώς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.145; οὐδέ τί οἱ χρὼς σήπεται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.414, compare 19.33)] (which usage is said by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus to have been Ionic, 18(2))].435, with reference to [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 9); τὸ δέρμα τοῦ χρωτός LXX.Lev.13.11, etc.; τοῦ χρωτὸς ἥδιστον ἀπέπνει 4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Fragmenta Historica” 84)]: generally, one's body, frame, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.55, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 192.6 (_anapaest meter_); χριμφθῆναι χροΐ [prev. author] “Supp.” 790 (Lyric poetry); στεῖλαί νυν ἀμφὶ χρωτὶ.. πέπλους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 821, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 605: _plural_, διὰ τί.. οἱ χρῶτες ὄζουσ; 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 877b21; also κατεδήσαντο.. τοὺς ὑγιεῖς χρῶτας, ὡς τραυματίαι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.50.)]
I.2 ἐν χροΐ, or ἐν χρῷ, close to the skin, ἐν χροΐ κείρειν to shave close, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.175; ἐν χρῷ κεκαρμένοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.8; ἐν χρῷ κουριῶντας 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 30)]:—metaphorically, to the quick, ξυρεῖ γὰρ ἐν χρῷ τοῦτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 786)]; ἐν χρῷ παραπλεῖν sail past so as to shave or graze, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.84)]; τὴν μάχην συνάψαι ἐν χρῷ to fight at close quarters, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 27)]; ἡ ἐν χρῷ συνουσία close acquaintance, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 3: with _genitive_, ἐν χρῷ τινος)] close to, hard by a person or thing, τοῦ θώρακος (variant{σώματος}) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.345a)]; τῆς γῆς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 925b, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 5: _absolutely_, ἐν χρῷ)]near at hand, [Refs 5th c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Hist.Conscr.” 24, +others; compare “Etymologicum Magnum” 313.53, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II the colour of the skin, complexion, μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.354)]; τρέπεται χ. his colour changes, i. e. he turns pale, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (13.279, compare 17.733; ὠχρήσαντα χρόα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.529; χρόα.. ἀμείβειν 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.41; μεθίστη χρωτὸς.. φύσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 174; μεταλλακτῆρα πουλύπουν χροός Ion Trag. 36)]; τί χρὼς τέτραπτα; (paratragoedia) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 127; φεῦγε δ᾽ ἀπὸ χρώς Theocr. 23.13)]; rare in Attic dialect Prose, ἐπὶ τῷ χρωτὶ μέγα φρονεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.54, compare “Oec.” 10.5)]: in Ionic dialect Prose, of the colour of a finger, χροΐ δῆλα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Pherecydes Syrius Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.118 (variant{χρωΐ},compare “Vorsokr.” 5i.44).)]
II.2 generally, colour, ἀμείβων χρῶτα πορφυρᾷ βαφῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 317; τὸν χρῶτα [μεταβάλλει] ὁ χαμαιλέων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 832b14; χρὼς αἵματος 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 660.)]