Chaerea
Chaerĕa, ae, m. (Gr. Χαιρέας), a Roman cognomen, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 17 al.; Cic. Rosc. Com. 1, 1; Sen. Const. Sap. 18, 3.

Chaereas
Chaerĕas, ae, m., = Χαιρέας, a Grecian proper name. A writer on husbandry, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 8; Col. 1, 1, 8; Plin. 20, 23, 99, § 263. A sculptor of the time of Alexander the Great, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 75; Vitr. 10, 13, 3.

chalcaspis
chalcaspis, idis, adj., = χάλκασπις, having a brazen shield, Liv. 44, 41, 2 Weissenb.; cf. aglaspis.

Chalcedon
Chalcēdon (in MSS. also Calchē-don), ŏnis, f., = Χαλκηδών, a town in Bithynia, on the Thracian Bosporus, opposite Byzantium, Mel. 1, 19, 5; Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; 37, 5, 18, § 73; Liv. 42, 56, 6; acc. Gr. Chalcedona, Luc. 9, 959 al.; cf. Mann. Asia Min. 3, p. 581 sq.
Hence, Chalcēdŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of Chalcedon, Chalcedonian: Thrasymachus, Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 128: smaragdi, Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 72: harenae, Claud. in Rufin. 2, 55.
Subst.: Chalcēdŏnii, ōrum, m., the Chalcedonians, Tac. A. 12, 63.

chalceos
chalcēŏs, i, f., = χάλκειος, a prickly plant, otherwise unknown, Plin. 21, 16, 56, § 94.

chalcetum
chalcētum, i, n., an unknown medicinal plant, Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 40.

chalceus
chalcĕus, a, um, adj., = χάλκεος, brazen, of brass; only in plur. subst.: chalcea, ōrum, n., brazen things, Mart. 9, 95, 4.

Chalciope
Chalcĭŏpē, ēs, f., = Χαλκιόπη. A daughter of Æetes, sister of Medea, and wife of Phrixus, Hyg. Fab. 21; Ov. H. 16 (17), 232; Val. Fl. 6, 479. Wife of Mnesylus, and mother of Antiphus, Hyg. Fab. 97.

chalcis
chalcis, ĭdis, f., = χαλκίς. A fish of the herring kind, Col. 8, 17, 12; Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154; 9, 51, 74, § 162. A lizard with copper-colored spots on its back, Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 30; 32, 5, 17, § 46.

Chalcis
Chalcis, ĭdis or ĭdŏs, f., = Χαλκίς. Chief town of the island Eubœa, opposite to Aulis, connected by a bridge with the main land, now Egribo or Negroponte; also called Chalcis Euboica, or Chalcis Eubœœ, Col. 1, 4, 9; Luc. 5, 227; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; 11, 37, 74, § 191; Nep. Timoth. 3, 5; Vell. 1, 4, 1; gen. Gr. Chalcidos, Luc. 5, 227; acc. Gr. Chalcida, id. 2, 710. Hence, the adjj., Chalcĭ-dĭcus, a, um, of Chalcis, in Eubœa, Chalcidian: Euripus, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24: creta, Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 1: galli, id. ib. 3, 9, 6: gallinae, Col. 8, 2, 4 and 13: ficus, Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 6; Col. 5, 10, 11; 5, 10, 414: harenae, Val. Fl. 1, 454: versus, of the poet Euphorion, a native of Chalcis, Verg. E. 10, 50; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 56: Nola, founded by the Chalcidians, Sil. 12, 161. Since Cumæ was a colony of Chalcis, Cumœan: arx, Cumœ, Verg. A. 6, 17: turres, Stat. S. 2, 2, 94- litora, id. ib. 4, 4, 78: carmen, of the Cumœan Sibyl, id. ib. 5, 3, 182. Subst.: Chalcĭdĭcum, i, n., a chamber at the corner of a basuica, on each side of the tribunal, Aug. Mon. Ancyr. 4, 1; Vitr. 5, 1; Hyg. Fab. 184; Inscr. Orell. 1303; 3287; 3290 sq.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52 Müll.
Also a spacious chamber in Grecian houses, Aus. Per. Odyss. 1; 23; Arn. 4, p. 149; 3, p. 105. Chalcĭdensis, e, adj., Chalcidian: Timagoras, of Chalcis, Χαλκιδεύς, Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58; Liv. 35, 49, 6.
In plur. subst., the inhabitants of Chalcis, Liv. 35, 38, 10 al. Chalcĭdĭcensis, e, adj., of Chalcis: colonia, i. e. Cumœ (cf. supra), Gell. 10, 16, 8. A town in Arabia, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 159. A town in Syria, Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81.

chalcites
chalcītes, ae, m., or chalcītis, ĭdis, f., = χαλκιτης or χαλκῖτις. Copperstone, copper ore, Plin. 34, 2, 2, § 2; 34, 12, 29, § 117 sq.; Cels. 6, 6, 31; 6, 7, 7. A precious stone of a copper color, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 191.

chalcophonos
chalcŏphōnŏs (chalcophthon-gŏs, Sol. 37, 22), i. f., = χαλκόφωνος or χαλκοφθογγος, a precious stone ringing like brass, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 154.

chalcosmaragdos
chalcosmăragdŏs, i, f., = χαλκοσμάραγδος, an emerald with veins of brass, perh. malachite, Plin. 37, 5, 19, § 74; Sol. 15, 26.

chalcus
chalcus, i, m., = χαλκός, a copper coin, the tenth (acc. to Gr. authors, the sixth or eighth) part of an obolus, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185.

Chaldaei
Chaldaei, ōrum, m., = Χαλδαῖοι, the Chaldœans, a people of Assyria, distinguished, in an early age, for their knowledge of astronomy and astrology. Of the nation or people, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 105; Mel. 3, 8, 5. In gen., soothsayers, astrologers, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; 2, 42, 87 sq.; Val. Max. 3, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 1, 1 sqq.; sing.: Chaldaeus, a soothsayer, Cato, R. R. 5, 4; gen. plur. Chaldaeūm, Lucr. 5, 726. Hence, Chaldaeus, a, um, adj., Chaldœan: regnum, Luc. 8, 226. Esp., of or belonging to the soothsayers: secta, Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 211: grex, Juv. 10, 94. Chal-dăĭcus, a, um, adj., the same: genus praedicendi, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 88: rationes, id. ib. 2, 47, 98: gentes, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 121.

chalo
chălo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., = χαλάω, to slacken, let down: cymbala, Vitr. 10, 13, p. 308 Bip.: culcitas, Veg. Mil. 4, 23.

chalybeius
chălybēïus, a, um, adj., = χαλυβήϊος [χάλυψ], of steel, steel-: massa, Ov. F. 4, 405.

Chalybes
Chălybes, um, m., = Χάλυβες. A people in Pontus, noted for their mines and their preparation of steel [chalybs, hence the name; acc. to others, on the contr., steel, χάλυψ, was named from them], Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 11; 7, 56, 57, § 197; Cat. 66, 48; Verg. G. 1, 58; id. A. 8, 421; 10, 174 al. A tribe on the river Chalybs in Lusitania, Just. 44, 3, 9.

chalybs
chălybs, ybis, m., = χάλυψ, steel (cf. Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 142 sq.): vulnificus (because weapons were made of it), Verg. A. 8, 446; on account of its hardness: ferro durior et chalybe, Prop. 1, 16, 30; cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 152; Sil. 1, 171; 2, 403. Meton., the things made of it. A sword: strictus, Sen. Thyest. 364. A horse's bit, Luc. 6, 398. The point of an arrow, Luc. 7, 518; Val. Fl. 6, 342; Sil. 2, 107 al. An iron rail, Luc. 6, 547.

Chalybs
Chălybs, ybis, m., a river in Lusitania, Just. 44, 3, 9.

Cham
Cham, m. indecl., a son of Noah, Ham, Lact. 2, 13, 5; Vulg. Gen. 9, 18 sqq.

chama
chăma, ătis, n., a lynx, Plin. 8, 19, 28, § 70.

chamaecerasus
chămaecĕrăsus, i, f., = χαμαικερα σος, the dwarf cherry-tree: Prunus chaemaecerasus, Jacq.; Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 104.

chamaecissos
chămaecissŏs, i, f., = χαμαικισσος, ground-ivy: Glecoma hederacea, Linn.; Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 152; 24, 15, 84, § 135 (ā, Ser. Samm. 44, 799). A kind of cyclaminus, Plin. 25, 9, 69, § 116.

chamaecyparissos
chămaecypărissŏs, i, f., = χαμαικυπάρισσος, ground-cypress, Plin. 24, 15, 86, § 136.

chamaedaphne
chămaedaphnē, ēs, f., = χαμαιδάφνη, dwarf laurel, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 131; 21, 11, 39, § 68; 21, 27, 99, § 172; 24, 15, 81, § 132.

chamaeleon
chămaelĕon, ōnis and ontis, m., = χαμαιλέων. Masc., a kind of lizard that changes its color, the chameleon, Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120; 10, 52, 73, § 143; Gell. 10, 12, 1 sq. Masc. and fem., a plant, the carline thistle; masc., Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 45; 27, 13, 118, § 143; fem., id. 30, 4, 10, § 30.

chamaeleuce
chămaeleucē, ēs, f., = χαμαιλεύκη, a plant, colt'sfoot, Plin. 24, 15, 85, § 135; 26, 6, 16, § 30.

chamaemyrsine
chămaemyrsīnē, ēs, f., = χαμαιμυρσίνη, dwarf myrtle, butcher's-broom, Plin. 23, 9, 83, § 165; 15, 7, 7, § 27.

chamaepeuce
chămaepeucē, ēs, f., = χαμαιπεύκη, the ground-larch, a plant, Plin. 24, 15, 86, § 136.

chamaepitys
chămaepĭtys, yos, f., = χαμαίπιτυς, a plant, called in pure Lat. abiga, groundpine, said to have the power of producing abortion, Plin. 24, 6, 20, § 29; gen., id. 14, 16, 19, § 112; dat. chamaepityi, id. 21, 29, 103, § 175; acc. chamaepityn, id. 26, 8, 53, § 85.

chamaeplatanus
chămaeplătănus, i, f., = χαμαιπλάτανος, dwarf platane, Plin. 12, 2, 6, § 13.

chamaerepes
chămaerĕpes, um, f., = χαμαιρεπεῖς (creeping on the earth), the dwarf palm, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 39.

chamaerops
chămaerops, ōpis, f., = χαμαίρωψ, = chamaedrys, Plin. 24, 15, 80, § 130; App. Herb. 24; Marc. Emp. 20 (others, chamaedrops = χαμαίδρωψ).

chamaesyce
chămaesȳcē, ēs, f., = χαμαισύκη, a plant, wolf's-milk, ground fig: Euphorbia chamaesyce, Linn.; Plin. 24, 15, 83, § 134; in App. Herb. 91, erroneously interchanged with chamaeacte.

Chamavi
Chămāvi, ōrum, m., = Χαμαυοί Ptolem., a German people, orig. on the north shore of the Rhine even to the Lippe; later, between the Weser and the Hercynian Forest, Tac. G. 33; 34; id. A. 13, 55; Aus. Mos. 434.

chane
chānē or channē, ēs, f., = χάνη or χάννη, a kind of sea-fish; Ital. canna: Perca cabrilla, Linn.; Ov. Hal. 108; Plin. 9, 16, 23, § 56; 32, 11, 54, § 153.

Chaones
Chāŏnes, um, m., = Χάονες, a people in the north-west part of Epirus, named after Chaon (v. the preced. art.), the Chaonians, Plin. 4, prooem. § 2; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 334 sq.; acc. plur. Gr. Chaonas, Claud. B. Get. 135; their country was called Chā-ŏnĭa, ae, f., Verg. A. 3, 335 Serv.; Plin. 4, prooem. § 2; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 2; Liv. 32, 5, 9. Hence, Chāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Chaonian; also of Epirus: campi, Verg. A. 3, 334: sinus, Ov. M. 13, 717: glans, Verg. G. 1, 8: pater, i. e. Jupiter, whose oracle was at Dodona, id. ib. 2, 67; cf. Juppiter, Val. Fl. 1, 303: columbae, which revealed the future at Dodona, Verg. E. 9, 13: nemus, i. e. the oak forest, Stat. Th. 6, 99: truncus, Val. Fl. 8, 461: vertex, Luc. 3, 180: victus, i.e. of acorns, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 47. Chāŏnis, ĭdis, f. adj., Chaonian: ales, i.e. columba (v. the preced.), Ov. A. A. 2, 150: arbos, i. e. quercus, id. M. 10, 90: quercus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1624.

Chaos
Chăŏs or Chăus, abl. Chao (other cases not used in the class. per.; gen. Chaï, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 664; dat. Chaï, Prisc. p. 720 P.), n., = Χάος. The boundless, empty space; as the kingdom of darkness, the Lower World: ingens, Ov. M. 10, 30; 14, 404; id. Ib. 84: inane, id. F. 4, 600: caecum, Sen. Med. 741; Stat. Th. 12, 772; Val. Fl. 7, 402; impersonated, masc., god of the Lower World, father of Erebos and Nox, Verg. A. 4, 510 (acc. Chaos); 6, 265; Quint. 3, 7, 8; cf.: Janus... edidit hos sonos; me Chaos antiqui, nam sum res prisca, vocabant, Ov. F. 1, 103. Hence also, immeasurable darkness, deep obscurity: Cimmerium, Stat. S. 3, 2, 92: horridum, Prud. Cath. 5, 3. The confused, formless, primitive mass out of which the universe was made, chaos, Ov. M. 1, 7; 2, 299; Lact. 1, 5, 8; 2, 8, 8: a Chao, since the creation of the world, Verg. G. 4, 347.

chara
chara, ae, f., a root unknown to us; perh. wild cabbage, Caes. B. C. 3, 48.

characatus
chărăcātus, a, um, adj., χάραξ, provided with stakes, propped up: vineae, Col. 5, 4, 1; 5, 5, 16.

characias
chărăcĭas, ae, m., = χαρακίας. Eit for making poles or stakes: calamus, a kind of reed, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168. A name of a plant, wolf's-milk, Plin. 26, 8, 39, § 62; called also chărăcītes, ae, m., Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119; 26, 14, 87, § 146.

character
chăracter, ēris, m., = χαρακτήρ. An instrument for branding or marking, etc.: character est ferrum coloratum, quo notae pecudibus inuruntur, χαρακτήρ autem Graece, Latine forma dicitur, Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 7. Usu., the mark or sign burned or imprinted. Prop. (esp. upon animals): quadrupedia charactere signare, Col. 11, 2, 14; Pall. Jan. 16: characterem infigere alicui, Aug. Contr. Cresc. 1, 30. Trop., a characteristic, mark, character, style, etc. (only ante- and postclass.): Luciliano charactere libelli, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17; Serv. ad Verg. E. 3, 1; Diom. p. 481 P. (cf. Cic. Or. 39, 134; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 5; and Gell. 7, 14, 1, in which passages it is written as Greek).

Charadrus
Chărā^drus, i, f., a town in Syria, Plin. 5, 20, 18, § 79.

Charax
Chărax, ăcis, f., = Χάραξ, a fortress in the valley of Tempe, now Carisso, Liv. 44, 6, 10. A town on the Persian Gulf, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 100; 6, 26, 30, § 124 sq.

Chares
Chăres, ētis, m., a Greek proper name. The Athenian general, Nep. Timoth. 3 sq.; id. Phoc. 2, 3. A statuary of Lindos in Rhodus, the favorite pupil of Lysippus, Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 41. A Grecian writer of Mitylene, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 33; Gell. 5, 2, 2.

Chariclo
Chăriclo, ūs, f., a nymph, mother of Ocyrhoë, by the Centaur Chiron, Ov. M. 2, 636.

charitonblepharon
chărĭtonblĕphăron, i, n., = Χαρίτων‐βλέφαρον (eyelids of the Graces), a magical plant producing love, Plin. 13, 25, 52, § 142.

Charmadas
Charmădas, ae, m., = Χαρμάδας. An Academic philosopher, pupil of Carneades, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 16; id. de Or. 1, 11, 45; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 59; Quint. 11, 2, 26. A Greek painter, Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 56.

Charondas
Chărōndas, ae, m., = Χαρώνδας, a distinguished lawgiver in Catana, Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 57; Val. Max. 6, 5, 4; Sen. Ep. 90, 5.

charta
charta, ae (chartus, i, m., Lucil. ap. Non. p. 196, 19). f., = ό χάρτης (cf. the letter A), a leaf of the Egyptian papyrus, paper, Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 68 sqq.; Lucr. 6, 112; 6, 114; Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113: dentata, smooth, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15), 1: emporitica inutilis scribendo involucris chartarum segestriumque mercibus usum praebet, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 76: epistulares, Mart. 14, 11 in lemm.; Dig. 33, 9, 3, § 10: novae, ib. 37, 11, 4: purae, ib. 32, 1, 52, § 4: transversa, Suet. Caes. 56: vacuae, Mart. 14, 10, 2. Meton. The papyrus plant itse'f, Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 68.
Far more freq., That which is written upon paper, a writing, letter, poem, etc., Lucr. 3, 10; 4, 971; Cic. Cael. 17, 70; id. Att. 2, 20, 3; Cat. 1, 6; 68, 46; Hor. C. 4, 9, 31; id. S. 1, 10, 4; id. Ep. 2, 1, 35; 2, 1, 161; 2, 1, 270; id. A. P. 310: Arpinae, i.e. Ciceronis, Mart. 10, 19. Transf., a thin leaf, plate, lamina, tablet (cf. Lidd. and Scott, under χάρτης, 3.): plumbea, Suet. Ner. 20.

chartaceus
chartācĕus, a, um, adj. charta, made of paper, paper-: codices, Dig. 32, 50.

chartarius
chartārĭus, a, um, adj. id., of or pertaining to paper, paper-: officinae, Plin. 18, 10, 20, § 89: calamus, App. Flor. 9. Subst.: chartārĭus, ii, m., a papermerchant, Diom. p. 313 P.; Inscr. Orell. 4159. chartārĭum, i, n., archives, Hier. adv. Ruf. 3, 6.

chartopola
chartŏpōla, ae, m., = χαρτοπώλης, a paper-merchant, Schol. Juv. 4, 27.

chartula
chartŭla, ae, f. dim. charta, a little paper, a small writing, a bill, * Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 2; Gai Inst. 2, 77; Fronto ad Amic. 1, 15; Cod. Th. 8, 2, 2 al.

chasma
chasma, ătis, n., = χάσμα, an opening of the earth, a chasm, abyss, Sen. Q. N. 6, 9, 2; Dig. 4, 4, 11; 50, 15, 4; 18, 6, 10. A kind of meteor: sunt chasmata, cum aliquod caeli spatium desedit et flammam velut dehiscens in abdito ostentat, Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 1; Plin. 2, 26, 26, § 96; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 20.

Chatti
Chatti (Catti), ōrum, m., = Χάττοι, Strab., a German people in the present Hesse (which name is formed from Chatti) and Thuringia, Tac. G. 30 Rup.; 31 sq.; id. A. 1, 55 sq.; 2, 7; id. H. 4, 12; 4, 37; Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 100; Juv. 4, 147 al.
In sing.: Chatta mulier, Suet. Vit. 14.

Chauci
Chauci (in MSS. also Chauchi, Cauci; cf. upon the signif. and orthog. of the word, Rup. Tac. G. 35; poët. Chăūci or Chăȳci, trisyl., Luc. 1, 463; Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 379; and in sing.: Căȳco, id. Laud. Stil. 1, 225), ōrum, m., = Καῦχοι, Ptolem.; Καῦκοι, Strab., a people in Lower Germany, on the ocean, from the Ems to the Elbe, in the south to the region of Oldenburg and Bremen, divided into majores and minores, Vell. 2, 106, 1; Tac. G. 35; id. A. 2, 24; 11, 19; id. H. 4, 79; 5, 19; Suet. Claud. 24; Plin. 4, 24, 28, § 99; 16, 1, 1, § 2; on account of his conquest of them, Gabinius Secundus received the cognomen Chaucius, Suet. Claud. 24.

chele
chēlē, ēs, f., = χηλή (the claws or arms of animals). * In mechanics, the claw-shaped part of the ballista, the trigger: manicula, Vitr. 10, 15 and 17. Plur.: chēlae, ārum, f.; in astron., lit. the arms of Scorpio; but, since these extend into Libra, meton. Libra, Verg. G. 1, 33; Cic. Arat. 293; Col. 10, 56; Luc. 1, 659; Manil. 4, 203; cf. Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 120.

Chelidon
Chĕlīdon, ŏnis, f., = Χελιδών, a female client of Verres who made him her heir, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 104; 2, 1, 52, § 137 sqq.

chelidonias
chĕlīdŏnĭas, ae, m., = χελιδονίας (pertaining to the swallow), the west wind, blowing after the 22d of Feb. (after the arrival of the swallows), Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122.

chelidonius
chĕlīdŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = χελιδόνιος, pertaining to the swallow: lapilli, found in the crop of young swallows, swallow-stone, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 203: ficus, a particular reddish species of fig, Col. 10, 415; Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 71: gemma, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 154. Subst.: chĕlīdŏnĭa, ae, f. (sc. herba): Chelidonium majus, Linn.; swallowwort, celandine, Plin. 25, 8, 50, §§ 89 and 90; also herba chelidoniae in Ser. Samm. 37, 699.

chelonia
chĕlōnĭa, ae, f., = χελωνία, a precious stone, tortoise - stone, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155.

chelonitis
chĕlōnītis, ĭdis, f., = χελωιῖτις, a precious stone like the tortoise, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155; cf. Isid. Orig. 16, 15, 29.

Chelonitis
Chĕlōnītis, ĭdis, f., = χελωνῖτις, an island in the Arabian Gulf, Plin. 6, 27, 32, § 151.

chelonium
chĕlōnĭum, ii, n., = χελώνιον (lit. a tortoise-shell; hence); in mechanics, the similarly formed shield, cramp, or stay in which the axis of the crane or windlass moved, Vitr. 10, 2; 10, 4; 10, 8; 10, 15; 10, 18; 10, 21. A plant, also called cyclaminos, App. Herb. 17.

chelydrus
chĕlȳ^drus, i, m., = χέλυδρος, a fetid serpent, living, for the most part, in water, Cels. 5, 27, 8; Verg. G. 3, 415; Ov. M. 7, 272; Luc. 9, 710; Sil. 3, 316; 8, 496; Prud. c. Symm. 1, 130.

chelyon
chĕlyon, i, n., = χέλυον, the shell of the horned tortoise, Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 173; 9, 10, 12, § 38.

chelys
chĕlys, acc. chelyn, voc. chely (other cases apparently not in use), f., = χέλυς. The tortoise, Petr. Fragm. 32, 5. As in Greek (cf. Lidd. and Scott in h. v.), a lyre or harp made of its shell, pure Lat. testudo (except Ovid, in post-Aug. poets only; most freq. in Statius): chelys, Stat. S. 1, 5, 1; 4, 4, 33; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. praef. 18; id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 313; id. IV. Cons. Hon. 123; Prud. Apoth. 455: chelyn, Ov. H. 15, 181; Stat. S. 1, 5, 11; 2, 2, 120; 4, 6, 30; 4, 8, 38; id. Th. 6, 366; Sen. Troad. 325; id. Herc. Oet. 1034; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 8: chely, Stat. S. 4, 3, 119. The constellation Lyra, Avien. Arat. 617 and 631.

chema
chēma, ae, f., = χήμη, a gaping mussel, a cockle, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 147 Jan. (al. leg. chama).

chenerotes
chēnĕrōtes, um, f. (* χηνέρως), a species of small goose or duck; perh. Anas clipeata, Linn.; Plin. 10, 22, 29, § 56.

chenomyche
chēnŏmychē, ēs, f., = χηνομύχη, a plant, = nyctegreton and nyctalops, Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62.

Cherronesus
Cherrŏnēsus (-ŏs), or Chersŏnē-sus, i, f., = Χερρόνησος or Χερσόνησος (a peninsula; hence), Cherronesus Thracia, or absol. Cherronesus, the Thracian peninsula at the west of the Hellespont, the Chersonese, Mel. 2, 2, 7; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 48; Cic. Agr. 2, 19, 5; id. Pis. 35, 86 B. and K.; Nep. Milt. 1, 1 sq.; Liv. 31, 16, 5.
Hence, Cherrŏnenses or Chersŏ-nenses (contr. instead of Cherronesenses), the inhabitants of the Chersonese, Just. 9, 1, 7. Cherronesus Taurica, or absol. Cherronesus, the Crimea, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 19; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85; 19, 5, 30, § 95. Cherronesus Heracleotarum, or Heraclea, a town on the western side of the Crimea, Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 78; 4, 12, 26, § 85. A promontory in Argolis, not far from Trœzene, now Chersonisi, Mel. 2, 3, 8. Cherronesus Rhodiorum, a small promontory of Caria opposite Rhodes, on which the town of Cnidus stands, Plin. 31, 2, 20, § 30. A small town on the Egyptian coast, Auct. B. Alex. 10.

chersinus
chersĭnus, a, um, adj., = χέρσινος, living upon dry land: testudines, Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 38 (in Mart 14, 88, called chersos = χέρσος.)

chersydros
chersȳ^dros, i, m., = χέρσυδρος, an amphibious serpent, Cels. 5, 27, 8; Luc. 9, 711; Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 415.

Cherub
Chĕrub, m. plur. Chĕrūbĭm (Cherubin), , plur. , the name of a rank of angels mentioned in the Old Testament, Vulg. Ezech. 9, 3; id. Gen. 3, 24; Prud. Cath. 4, 4; cf. Hier. in Ezech. 9 and 28; Isid. Orig. 7, 5, 22 sq.; 14, 3, 4; Ven. Fort. Carm. 7, 3, 131.

Cherusci
Chē^rusci, ōrum, m., = Χηροῦσκοι. Strabo; Χερουσκοι, Dio.; Χαιρουσκοί, Ptolem.; in a more restricted sense, a German people on the south side of the Hartz Mountains; but more freq. in an extended sense, the combined German tribes, which became distinguished by their war with the Romans, living on both sides of the Weser and Lippe, Caes. B. G. 6, 10; Vell. 2, 105; 2, 117 sqq.; Tac. G. 36 Rup.; id. A. 2, 46; 1, 56 sq.; 2, 9 sq.; 12, 28 et saep.; Flor. 4, 12, 24; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 452; id. B. Get. 420.

Chesippus
Chesippus, i, m., a contemptuous name given by Zeno to Chrysippus, Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 93.

chiliarches
chīlĭarchēs, ae, or chīlĭarchus, i, m., = χιλιάρχης or χιλίαρχος, a commander of 1000 soldiers, a chiliarch, Curt. 5. 2, 2. Also in gen., a head of 1000 persons, Cod. Th. 16, 10, 20, § 4. Among the Persians, the highest officer of state next to the king, chancellor of state, Nep. Con. 3, 2.

Chilo
Chīlo, ōnis, m., a cognomen, signifying having large lips, Fest. p. 43, 10 [χεῖλος, lip; cf. Charis. p. 78 P.; Vel. Long. p. 2234 ib.].

Chilo
Chīlo, ōnis, m., = Χίλων or Χείλων. A Lacedœmonian, one of the seven wise men, Plin. 7, 32, 32, § 119; Aus. Sept. Sap. 6. A Roman cognomen, Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 17.

Chimaera
Chĭmaera, ae, f., = Χίμαιρα (lit. a goat), a fabulous monster in Lycia, which vomited fire; in front a lion, in the hinder part a dragon, and in the middle a goat; slain by Bellerophon, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 108; 2, 2, 5; Lucr. 5, 903; 2, 705; Tib. 3, 4, 86; Verg. A. 6, 288; Hor. C. 1, 27, 24; 2, 17, 13; 4, 2, 16; Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 13; 2, 397; Sen. Ep. 113, 8; Hyg. Fab. 57; Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 118; 6, 288; its figure, used to adorn a helmet, Verg. A. 7, 785. A mountain in Lycia that sent forth flames, and is said to have given rise to the preceding fable, Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 236; 5, 27, 28, § 100; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 288.
Deriv., Chĭmaerēus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the mountain Chimœra: liquor, Verg. Cul. 14 Wagn. One of the ships of the companions of Æneas, Verg. A. 5, 118 and 223; cf. Sil. 14, 498.

Chimaerifer
Chĭmaerĭfĕr, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. Chimaera-fero: Lycia, that produced the Chimœra (cf. Chimaera, l.), Ov. M. 6, 339.

Chios
Chī^os (Chīus, Cic. Arat. 422), ii, f., = Χίος, an island in the Ægean Sea, on the coast of Ionia, with a capital of the same name, distinguished in ancient times for its excellent wine and marble, now Scio, or Khio, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 38, § 136; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 1; 1, 11, 21; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 127; Nep. Chabr.4 al.
Hence, Chīus (Chĭus, Avien. Arat. 251 and 1179), a, um, adj., = Χῖος, of Chios, Chian: insula, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 3; also absol. Chīa, Plin. 5, 31, 38, § 136: terra, id. 35, 16, 56, § 194: marmor, id. 5, 31, 38, § 136: lapis, id. 36, 17, 28, § 132: vinum, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 79; Hor. Epod. 9, 34: cadus, Tib. 2, 1, 28; Hor. C. 3, 19, 5; also absol. Chium (sc. vinum), Chian wine, Hor. S. 1, 10, 24; 2, 3, 115; 2, 8, 15 and 48: ficus (also of peculiar excellence), Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 6; also absol. Chia, Col. 10, 414; Mart. 7, 25; 13, 23.
Fine cloth also was made at Chios, Lucr. 4, 1126.
The Chians were noted for generous living; hence, a puero vitam Chiam gessi, Petr. 63, 3.
Chius is also a name for the constellation Scorpio, since, acc. to the fable, Orion was put to death at Chios by Diana by means of a scorpion, Avien. Arat. 1136; 251 al.; cf. Cic. Arat. 422 sq.
In plur. subst.: Chii, ōrum, m., the Chians, Cic. Arch. 8, 19; Liv. 37, 27, 5 al.

chiragra
chīrā^gra, ae, f., = χειράγρα, gout in the hand, Cels. 1, 9 init.: podagra et chiragra et omnis vertebrarum dolor nervorumque interquiescit, Sen. Ep. 78, 8.
Poet. collat. form chĕrā^gra, ae, f., Hor. S. 2, 7, 15; id. Ep. 1, 1, 31; Pers. 5, 58; Mart. 1, 99, 2; 9, 92, 9.

chiragricus
chīrā^grĭcus, a, um, = χειραγρικός, having the gout in the hand; subst.: chī-rā^grĭci, ōrum, m., Cels. 4, 24; Petr. 132, 14; rarely adj.: manus, Sid. Ep. 3, 13.

chiramaxium
chīrămaxĭum, ii, n., = χειραμάξιον, a small carriage drawn by slaves, a handwagon, Petr. 28, 4 ( = vehiculum manuale, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 86).

chiridotus
chīrĭdōtus, a, um, adj., = χειριδωτός, furnished with sleeves, pure Lat. manuleatus or manicatus: tunica, Scip. Afr. ap. Gell. 7, 12, 5; cf. Gell. ib. § 1 sq.
Subst.: chīrĭdōtae, ārum (sc. tunicae), Capitol. Pert. 8, 2.

chirographarius
chīrŏgrăphārĭus, a, um, adj. chirographum, pertaining to handwriting, manuscript-: creditores, who have the obligation of the debtor in his own handwriting, Dig. 42, 5, 38, § 1: pecunia, Cod. Just. 4, 2, 17: debitum, ib. 8, 27, 1.

chirographum
chīrŏgrăphum, i, n. (access. form * chīrŏgrăphus, i, m., sc. libellus or codex, Fulvius ap. Quint. 6, 3, 100 Spald., together with chirographum, Quint. ib. 5, 13, 8; and chīrŏgrăphon, i, n., Sid. Carm. 16, 56), = χειρόγραφον. One's own handwriting, autograph; pure Lat. manus (in good prose; freq. in Cic.): extrema pagella pupugit me tuo chirographo, Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3; Planc. ib. 10, 21, 3; Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 16; 2, 4, 8: neque utar meo chirographo neque signo, id. Att. 2, 20, 5: imitari, id. N. D. 3, 30, 74 al. Meton (abstr. pro concr.), that which is written with one's own hand: credidi chirographis ejus (assurances in his own handwriting), Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 1; so, Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3; id. Brut. 80, 277; id. Fam. 12, 1, 2; id. Phil. 1, 7, 16; Quint. 9, 2, 73; Suet. Aug. 87; id. Tib. 6; id. Calig. 24. In the lang. of business, t. t., a bond, surety, or obligation under one's own hand (diff. from syngrapha, q. v.; not found with this meaning in Cic.), Gai Inst. 3, 134; Dig. 20, 1, 26; 49, 14, 3; Suet. Caes. 17; id. Calig. 12; id. Dom. 1; Gell. 14, 2, 7.

Chiron
Chīron (nom. Chīro, Liv. Andron. ap. Fest. s. v. ocrem, p. 181), ōnis, m., = Χείρων, one of the Centaurs, distinguished for his knowledge of plants, medicine, and divination, son of Saturn and Philyra (hence, Philyrides Chiron, Verg. G. 3, 550), the tutor of Æsculapius (Ov. M. 2, 630 sq.), Hercules, Achilles, Jason, etc.; at last translated to heaven as a constellation, Hyg. Praef. and Fab. 274; id. Astr. 2, 38; Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 91; 3, 550; 4, 270; acc. Gr. Chirona, Ov. M. 6, 126.
As a constellation, Luc. 9, 536. Hence, Chīrō-nīus or -ēus, a, um, adj., named after Chiron (the physician and botanist).
So subst.: chīrōnīa, ae (sc. herba), a name of several plants: pyxacanthos, Plin. 24, 14, 77, § 125: panaces, id. 25, 4, 13, § 32: ampelos, id. 25, 4, 16, § 34: vitis nigra, id. 23, 1, 17, § 27: Chironium vulnus, Cels. 5, 28, 5; App. Herb. 22: Chironion, a plant, i. q. Centaurion, q. v., Plin. 25, 6, 31, § 66. Chīrōnĭcus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Chiron: ars, Sid. Ep. 2, 12 fin.

chironomia
chīrŏnŏmī^a, ae, f., = χειρονομία, the art of moving the hands in gesturing, gesticulation: chironomia, quae est lex gestūs, Quint. 1, 11, 17.

chironomos
chīrŏnŏmŏs, i, comm., and chīrŏ-nŏmōn, ontis (also Gr. untis), m., = χειρονόμος or χειρονομῶν, one who moves his hands according to the rules of art, correctly, a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63; 5, 121; Sid. Ep. 4, 7 fin.

chirurgia
chīrurgĭa, ae, f., = χειρουργία, surgery, Cels. 7 praef.; Scrib. Comp. 200; Veg. 3, 13, 1. Trop., a violent remedy: chirurgiae taedet, i. e. vim et arma detestor, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3.

chirurgicus
chīrurgĭcus, a um, adj., = χειρουργικός, surgical, chirurgical: medicina, Hyg. Fab. 274.

Chirurgumena
Chīrurgūmĕna, ōn, n., = χειρουργούμενα, Surgical Operations, title of a book, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 12; 2, 146.

chirurgus
chīrurgus, i, m., χειρουργός, = a surgeon, a chirurgeon (pure Lat. medicus vulnerarius), Cels. 7 praef.; Mart. 1, 31; Scrib. Comp. 201; 209 al.; Auct. Priap. 38; Inscr. Orell. 4228 al.

chlamys
chlămys, ydis (chlămyda, ae, as cassida = cassis, al., App. M. 10, p. 253, 31; 11, p. 269, 11; and perh. Varr. ap. Non. p. 539, 9, where, however, chlamyda may be acc. Gr. from chlamys), f., = χλαμύς, a broad, woollen upper garment worn in Greece, sometimes purple, and inwrought with gold, worn esp. by distinguished milit. characters, a Grecian military cloak, a state mantle, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 13; id. Ep. 3, 3, 51; id. Mil. 5, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 45; 4, 7, 88; Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 27; Verg. A. 5, 250; 9, 582; 11, 775; Ov. M. 5, 51; 14, 345; 14, 393.
Hence also, the cloak of Pallas, Verg. A. 8, 588; Suet. Calig. 25.
Sometimes also worn by persons not engaged in war, e. g. by Mercury, Ov. M. 2, 733; by Dido, Verg. A. 4, 137; by Agrippina, Tac. A. 12, 56 (in Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 63, instead of it, paludamentum); by children, Verg. A. 3, 484; Suet. Tib. 6; cf. Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 69; by actors, Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60; App. Flor. 15; by the chorus in tragedy, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 40.

Chloe
Chlŏē, ēs, f., = Χλόη, Greek female name, Hor. C. 1, 23, 1.

chlorion
chlōrĭōn, ōnis, m., = χλωρίων, a yellow bird, the yellow thrush; acc. to Cuvier, the oriole, Plin. 10, 29, 45, § 87; 18, 29, 69, § 292.

Chloris
Chlōrĭs, ĭdis, f., = Χλῶρις (greenness) = Flora, the goddess of flowers, Ov. F. 5, 195; Lact. 1, 20, 8. The daughter of Amphion and Niobe, wife of Neleus, Hyg. Fab. 10. A Greek female name, Hor. C. 2, 5, 18; 3, 15, 8.

chloritis
chlōrītis, ĭdis, f., = χλωρῖτις, a precious stone of a grass-green color, perhaps the smaragdoprasus, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 156.

Chlorus
Chlorus, i, m. A river of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91. A cognomen of Sex. Pompeius, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23.

Choaspes
Chŏaspes (Chŏaspis, Isid. Orig. 13, 21, 15), is, m., = Χοάσπης. A river in Susiana, distinguished for its pure water, from which the Persian kings drank, now Kerrah, Kerkhah, or Kara-su, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 130; 31, 3, 21, § 35: regia lympha, Tib. 4, 1, 140; Curt. 5, 2, 9.
Personified, as a river-god, Val. Fl. 5, 584. A river in India, now Kabul (acc. to others, the Attok), Curt. 8, 10, 22.

choaspitis
chŏaspītis (-pītes, Isid. Orig. 16, 7, 16), ĭdis, f. Choaspes, a precious stor found in the Choaspes, Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 186.

Choatrae
Chŏātrae (Cŏātr-; al. Cŏastr-), ārum, m., a people of Lake Mœotis, Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19; Luc. 3, 246; Val. Fl. 6, 151.

Choatras
Chŏātras, ae, m., = Χοάτρας, a mountain in Media, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98.

choerogryllus
choerogryllus, i, m., = χοιρόγρυλλος, a kind of hare, Vulg. Lev. 11, 5; id. Deut. 14, 7.

cholera
chŏlĕra, ae, f., = χολέρα, the jaundice, Cels. 2, 13; 4, 11 al.; Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252; 24, 13, 73, § 120; in plur., Plin. 20, 12, 48, § 122; 20, 14, 52, § 146 al.

cholericus
chŏlĕrĭcus, a, um, adj., = χολερικός, bilious, jaundiced, Plin. 24, 13, 72, § 116; Scrib. Comp. 256.

chondrille
chondrillē (chondryllē), ēs, f., or chondrillon, i, n., = χονδρίλλη, chondrilla, Spanish succory, Plin. 21, 15, 52, § 89; 22, 22, 45, § 91.

chondris
chondris, is, f., a plant, a kind of horehound, resembling marjoram: Marrubium pseudodictamnus, Linn.; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 92; 26, 8, 31, § 49.

Chora
Chōra, ae, f., = Χώρα, a district of Lower Egypt, near Alexandria, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 42; cf. id. 6, 36, 39, § 212.

choragium
chŏrāgĭum, ii, n., = χορήγιον. The place where the chorus was trained and practised, Vitr. 5, 9; Inscr. Orell. 3209. ( = χορηγία; cf. Lidd. and Scott), the preparing and bringing out of a chorus, Plaut. Capt. prol. 61; App. Mag. p. 282, 1; cf. Fest. p. 52; in plur., Val. Max. 2, 4, 6.
Hence, Transf., of any other splendid preparation or equipment, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 115: nuptiarum, App. M. 4, p. 157, 35: funebre, id. ib. 2, p. 123, 25.
Trop.: gloriae, means of acquiring, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63. In mechanics, a spring, Vitr. 10, 8, 4.

choragus
chŏrāgus, i, m., = χορηγός, he who had the care of the chorus and the supplies necessary for it, the choragus, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 79; id. Trin. 4, 2, 16; id. Curc. 4, 1. Transf., he who pays the cost of a banquet, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70 Ruhnk.

chordus
chordus (cordus, v. the letter C), a, um, adj. a very ancient word relating to husbandry, of unknown etym., lateborn, or produced late in the season: dicuntur agni chordi, qui post tempus nascuntur, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 29; cf. Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 187; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; 2, 2, 5: faenum, the second crop of hay or after-math, Cato, R. R. 5 fin.; Col. 7, 3, 21; Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 262: olus, Col. 12, 13, 2: frumenta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 65, 10.

Chordus
Chordus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; esp.: H. Cremutius Chordus, an historian of the times of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 1, 4, 25; Tac. A. 4, 34; Suet. Aug. 35; id. Calig. 16; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 2.

chorea
chŏrēa (chŏrĕa, Tib. 1, 3, 59; Prop. 2 (3), 19, 15; Verg. A. 6, 644), ae, f., = χορεία (most freq. in plur.), a dance in a ring, a dance. Sing., * Lucr. 2, 636; Verg. Cul. 19. Plur., Tib. 1, 7, 49; Prop. 1, 3, 5; 3 (4), 10, 23; Verg. A. 9, 615; 10, 224; Hor. C. 1, 9, 16; 2, 19, 25; 4, 6, 15; Ov. M. 8, 581; 8, 746; 14, 520 et saep. Meton., of the circular motions of the stars: choreae astricae, Varr. ap. Non. p. 451, 11; Manil. 1, 668.

chorocitharista
chŏrŏcĭthărista, ae, m., = χοροκιθαριστής, he who accompanied the chorus on the cithara, Suet. Dom. 4.

chorus
chŏrus, i, m., = χορός [cf. Lidd. and Scott under χορός]. A dance in a ring, a choral dance, a dance, = chorea: chorus et cantus, Tib. 1, 7, 44; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 6, 70. Nympharum leves chori, Hor. C. 1, 1, 31: ferre pedem choris, id. ib. 2, 12, 17; Tib. 2, 1, 56: choros agere, Prop. 2, 3, 18: agitare, Verg. G. 4, 533: ducere, Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6: exercere, Verg. A. 1, 499: indicere, id. ib. 11, 737: instaurare, Stat. Achill. 4, 145: ostentare, id. ib. 2, 148 sq.: celebrare, Sen. Herc. Oet. 594: nectere, id. ib. 367: dare, Mart. 4, 44. The harmonious motions of the heavenly bodies (cf. chorea), Tib. 2, 1, 88. Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a troop or band of dancers and singers, a chorus, choir: saltatores, citharistas, totum denique comissationis Antonianae chorum, etc., Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 15; Cat. 63, 30: Phoebi chorus, Verg. E. 6, 66; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 5, 20; Hor. C. S. 75: chorus Dryadum, Verg. G. 4, 460: Nereidum, id. A. 5, 240: Idaei chori, id. ib. 9, 112: Pierius, Mart. 12, 3: canorus, Juv. 11, 163; Ov. M. 3, 685.
Of the chorus in tragedy: actoris partes chorus officiumque virile Defendat, etc., Hor. A. P. 193; cf. id. ib. 283; id. Ep. 2, 1, 134; Gell. 19, 10, 12. The heavenly bodies moving in harmony (cf. supra, I. b.): Pleiadum, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 36. Hor. C. 4, 14, 21: astrorum, Stat. Achill. 1, 643. In gen., a multitude, band, troop, crowd: chorus juventutis, Cic. Mur. 24, 49: philosophorum, id. Fin. 1, 8, 26; id. Att. 14, 8, 1; so, vatum, Hor. C. 4, 3, 15: scriptorum, id. Ep. 2, 2, 77: puellarum, id. C. 2, 5, 21: (piscium), Sen. Agam. 452: virtutum, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 116; id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13 (hence, Engl. choir, quire; Fr. choeur; Ital. coro).

Chremes
Chrĕmes, ētis or is, m., = Χρέμης, the name of an old miser in the Andria, Heaut., and Phormio of Terence, Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 3; id. Off. 1, 9, 30; Hor. Epod. 1, 33; gen. Chremi, Ter. And. 2, 2, 31; acc. Gr. Chremeta, Hor. S. 1, 10, 40; voc. Chreme, Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 1; 4, 1, 11 al.: Chremes, id. Eun. 3, 3, 29; dat. Chremeti, id. Phorm. 5, 8, 37; acc. Chremen, id. ib. 1, 2, 13: Chremem, id. And. 2, 2, 24: Chremetem, id. ib. 3, 1, 14.

Chrestologus
Chrestŏlŏgus, i, m., = χρηστολόγος (well speaking, but ill working), a nickname of the emperor Pertinax, Capit. Pert. 13; Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.

chreston
chreston, i, n., = χρηστόν (useful), a name by which the plant cichorium was sometimes called, Plin. 20, 8, 30, § 74.

Chrestus
Chrestus, i, m. A mutilated form for Christus, Lact. 4, 7, 5; hence, Chrestiani, instead of Christiani, was used by many; cf. Tert. Apol. 3 fin. A Jew at Rome under the emperor Claudius, Suet. Claud. 15; v. the commentt. in h. l. A slave or freedman of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1.

chria
chrīa, ae, f., = χρεία, in rhetoric, a sentence proposed as a theme for rhetorical exercise, with its logical development, Quint. 1, 9, 3 sq.; 1, 9, 4 sq.; 2, 4, 26 Spald.; Sen. Ep. 33, 6; Diom. p. 289 P.

Christicola
Christĭcŏla, ae, m. Christus-colo, a worshipper of Christ, a poet. designation for Christian, Prud. Cath. 3, 56; 8, 80; gen. plur. Christicolūm, id. contr. Symm. 2, 1002; id. στεφ. 3, 72.

chroma
chrōma, ătis (ătŏs, Vitr. 5, 5), n., = χρῶμα (a color), in music, a chromatic scale (a species of harmony in which the tones of the tetrachord measure two and a half tones, as a half, again a semitone, and then a tone and a half follow each other), Vitr. 5, 4, 3; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 645.
Hence, chrōmătĭcē, ēs, f., the science of this species of harmony, Vitr. 5, 5; and: chrō-mătĭcus, a, um, adj., chromatic: genus, the same, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 4 fin.

chromis
chrŏmis, is, m. or f., = χρόμις, a seafish: immunda, Ov. Hal. 121; Plin. 10, 70, 89, § 193: chromin, qui, etc., id. 32, 11, 54, § 153; 9, 16, 24, § 57. Chrŏmis, nom. propr. m., of a satyr, Verg. E. 6, 13; of a Trojan, acc. Chromim, id. A. 11, 675; of a Centaur, acc. Chromin, Ov. M. 12, 333 al.

chronicus
chrŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., = χρονικός, pertaining to time: libri, chronicles, Gell. 17, 21, 1; so also absol.: chrŏnĭca, ōrum, n., = τὰ χρονικά, Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58; Gell. 17, 4, 5; 17, 15, 1; and in sing.: in primo chronico, id. 17, 21, 3: morbi, chronic, lingering, Isid. Orig. 4, 7; opp. acuti morbi.
Hence the work of Caelius Aurelianus is entitled De morbis acutis et chronicis.

chronius
chrŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = χρόνιος, chronic, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 28, 148; 3, 16, 135.

chrysallis
chrȳsallis, ĭdis, f., = χρυσαλλίς, the gold-colored chrysalis, aurelia, or pupa of the butterfly, Plin. 11, 32, 37, § 112; 11, 35, 41, § 117.

chrysanthemum
chrȳsanthĕmum or -mon, i, n., = χρυσάνθεμον, the gold-flower, marigold, also called heliochryson, Plin. 21, 25, 96, § 168.
Access. form chrȳsanthes, Verg. Cul. 403 Sillig.

Chrysas
Chrȳsas, ae, m., = Χρύσας, a river of Sicily, now Dittaino, near which is St. Asaro, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 96 Zumpt; Sil. 14, 229.

chrysendetus
chrȳsendĕtus, a, um, adj., = χρυσένδετος, set in gold, inlaid with gold: lances, Mart. 14, 97 inscr.
Also absol.: chrȳs-endĕta, ōrum, n. (sc. vasa), vessels inlaid with gold, Mart. 2, 43, 11; 6, 94, 2; 14, 97, 1.

Chryses
Chrȳses, ae, m., = Χρύσης, a priest of Apollo, from Chryse, in Troas, the father of Astynome, on account of whose close captivity by Agamemnon, Apollo sent a pestilence upon the Grecian hosts, Hyg. Fab. 121; Ov. A. A. 2, 402.
As a title of a tragedy of Pacuvius, Cic. Or. 46, 155; id. Div. 1, 57, 131 al.
Hence, Chrȳsēïs, ĭdis, f., = Χρν σηίς, his daughter Astynome, Ov. Tr. 2, 373; id. R. Am. 469.

chryseus
chrȳsĕus, a, um, adj., = χρύσεος, golden: basiliscus, i. e. gold - colored, App. Herb. 128.
Subst.: chrȳsĕa, ōrum, n., golden vessels, Mart. 9, 95, 4.

Chrysippus
Chrȳsippus, i, m., = Χρύσιππος. One of the most distinguished of the Stoic philosophers, from Soli, in Cilicia, a pupil of Cleanthes and Zeno, Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; 2, 24, 75; 2, 27, 87 al.; id. de Or. 1, 11, 50; id. Fat. 4, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 44; id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; Sen. Ep. 113, 18; Lact. 3, 18, 15; Pers. 6, 80.
Hence, Chrȳsippēus, a, um, adj., of Chrysippus, Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96: sophisma, Hier. Ep. 69, 2. A physician of Cnidus, in the time of Alexander the Great, Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17; 20, 10, 43, § 111.
Hence, chrȳ-sippēa, ae, f. (sc. herba), a plant named after him, Plin. 26, 9, 60, § 93. A freedman of Cicero, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 8 al. Chrysippus Vettius, an architect, Cic. Fam. 7, 14, 1; id. Att. 13, 29, 2 al.