χλωρός

χλωρός, ά, όν, A. greenish-yellow, pale green, χλωραὶ ῥῶπες Od. 16.47; ὄρος . . χλωρόν h.Ap. 223; χλωραὶ ἐλάται Pi. Fr. 167, E. Ba. 38; χλωραῖς ὑπὸ βάσσαις S. OC 673 (lyr.); χλωρὰν ἀνʼ ὕλην E. Hipp. 17; δόνακι χλωρὸν Εὐρώταν Id. Hel. 349 (lyr.), cf. S. Ant. 1132 (lyr.); also in Prose, σίτου ἔτι χ. ὄντος Th. 4.6; τὰ φυόμενα χ. τὸ πρῶτον εἶναι Thphr. Sens. 78; ἡ χ. the green plaster, Androm. ap. Gal. 13.470; χλωρὸς λίθος, = σμάραγδος, PHolm. 5.10; of sea-water, Poet. ap. Plu. 2.767f(cf. E. Fr. 1084); of other water, AP 9.669.3 (Marian.): χλωρά, ἡ, green paint, as a stage-property to represent a river in scenery, Pap. in Eos. 32.30 (v/vi A. D.). 2. yellow, μέλι χ. Il. 11.631, Od. 10.234; ἀμφὶ χλωρὰν ψάμαθον on the yellow sand, S. Aj. 1064; ᾠοῦ τὸ χ. yolk of egg, Zopyr. ap. Orib. 14.61.1. II. generally, pale, pallid, χλωρὸς ἀδάμας Hes. Sc. 231: most freq., 2. of persons, pale, χλωρὸς ὑπαὶ δείους Il. 10.376, 15.4; χ. Ἀχλύς (personified) Hes. Sc. 265; χλωροτέρα . . ποίας ἔμμι Sapph. 2.14; hence as an epith. of fear, χλωρὸν δέος Il. 7.479, Od. 11.43, etc.; χλωρῷ δείματι A. Supp. 566 (lyr.), cf. E. Supp. 599 (lyr.): in Medic. writers, yellow, biliouslooking, ὀφθαλμοὶ -ότεροι v. l. in Hp. VM 10; χρῶμα χ. ἴσχειν Id. Prog. 24; σῶμα . . οὔτε χ. ἀλλʼ ὑπέρυθρον Th. 2.49; also χ. πτύελος, οὖρον, Hp. Prog. 14, VM 10 (Comp.). III. without regard to colour, green, i. e. fresh, opp. dry, esp. of wood, ῥόπαλον . . χλωρὸν ἐλαΐνεον of green olive-wood, Od. 9.320, cf. 379; opp. αὖος, Hes. Op. 743; τὰ σφόδρα χ. ἄκαυστα Arist. Mete. 387a22; χ. ξύλα ib.374a5, al.; of various things, χλωραὶ ἐέρσαι Pi. N. 8.40; τυρὸς χ. fresh cheese, Ar. Ra. 559, Lys. 23.6; of fish, fresh, not salted, Ath. 7.309b; of fruit, fresh picked, IG 22.1013.23, Dsc. 1.113. 2. metaph., fresh, blooming, χλωρόν τε καὶ βλέποντα Trag. ap. Hsch. (perh. to be read in A. Ag. 677 for καὶ ζῶντα καὶ β.) ; λειμὼν ἄνθεσι (sed fort. ἔρνεσι) θάλλων χλωροῖς E. IA 1297 (lyr.); χλωρὸν γόνυ Theoc. 14.70; χ. αἷαμα fresh, living, S. Tr. 1055, E. Hec. 127 (anap.); χ. δάκρυ fresh, bursting tear, E. Med. 906, cf. 922, Hel. 1189; χλωρὰ δακρύων ἄχνα S. Tr. 847 (lyr.); οἴνου χλωραὶ σταγόνες sparkling, E. Cyc. 67 (lyr.). 3. metaph., unripe, χ. καὶ ἄναιμα πράγματα Gorg. Fr. 16. (Not contr. fr. χλοερός but cogn. with it and χλόη.)