χάλαζα

chalaza

hail

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 1
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Book III 1
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397a5
Symposium 1
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188b3
Timaeus 1
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59e3

Dictionary (LSJ)

χάλαζα [χᾰ], ης, ἡ, A. 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, Little Russian oželeda ‘sleet, ice’.)

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