χάλαζα
chalaza
hail
Appears 29 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
χάλαζα [χᾰ], ης, ἡ, A. hail (cf. Ti. 59e, Mu. 394b1), ὄμβρον . . ἠὲ χάλαζαν ἢ νιφετόν Il. 10.6, cf. 15.170, Apoc. 8.7, etc.: pl., Oec. 5.18, Smp. 188b, R. 397a; χ. στρογγύλαι hailstones, Nu. 1127(troch.); ἀπὸ τῶν χαλαζῶν . . ἄπαγε σεαυτόν Ra. 852: metaph., any pelting shower, ὀμβρία χ. OC 1503; χ. αἵματος I. 7(6).27. II. any small knot like a hailstone, 1. pimple or tubercle in the flesh of swine, HA 603b18, Pr. 963b34, Androsth. ap. 3.93c. 2. small cyst, such as grows on the eyelid, 19.437, 4.198, etc. 3. a knot or hard lump; in an egg, HA 560a28; in coal, Sign. 25; in ivory, VA 2.13; λίθοι χαλάζης crystals, I Enoch 14.9,10. (Cf. Sloven. žled, Little Russian oželeda ‘sleet, ice’.)
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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