χάλαζα

chalaza

hail

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 3
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Book 10 1
Chapter ?

106
Book 15 1
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15170
Book 22 1
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22151

Dictionary (LSJ)

χάλαζα [χᾰ], ης, ἡ,

hail (cf. Pl. Ti. 59e, Arist. Mu. 394b1), ὄμβρον . . ἠὲ χάλαζαν ἢ νιφετόν Il. 10.6, cf. 15.170, Apoc. 8.7, etc.: pl., X. Oec. 5.18, Pl. Smp. 188b, R. 397a; χ. στρογγύλαι hailstones, Ar. Nu. 1127 (troch.); ἀπὸ τῶν χαλαζῶν . . ἄπαγε σεαυτόν Id. Ra. 852: metaph., any pelting shower, ὀμβρία χ. S. OC 1503; χ. αἵματος Pi. I. 7(6).27.

II. any small knot like a hailstone,

1. pimple or tubercle in the flesh of swine, Arist. HA 603b18, Pr. 963b34, Androsth. ap. Ath. 3.93c.

2. small cyst, such as grows on the eyelid, Gal. 19.437, Poll. 4.198, etc.

3. a knot or hard lump; in an egg, Arist. HA 560a28; in coal, Thphr. Sign. 25; in ivory, Philostr. VA 2.13; λίθοι χαλάζης crystals, I Enoch 14.9,10. (Cf. Sloven. žled, Ukr. oželeda ‘sleet, ice’.)

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