CHA 
CHA 
CHE 
_ IT Also, a fish of the herring kind. 
-IT Also, a sort of lizard. Plin. 
CHaLCITIS (xoXkitis), idis, f. the stone 
rum which copper is extracted; copper 
ore. Plin. -If Also, a precious stone, 
resembling copper. Plin. 
CHALC6PH0N5S (xahicdfioivos), or 
CHaLCoPHTHoNG&S (%aA*<5d> doy- 
yos), i> f* « black stone sounding like brass, 
probably, clinkstone. Plin. 
CHaLCoSMXRaGDOS (xaXKoepapay- 
£os), ij a precious stone, veined with 
brass; malachite. Plin. 
CHaLCOS (%aXm), i, m. the tenth part 
of an obolus. Plin. 
CHaLDAjA, ce, f. the southern part of 
Babylonia, bordering on Arabia and the 
Persian gulf. The inhabitants were noted 
for their skill in astronomy and astrology. 
— Hence, Clialdsus, and Chaldaicus, 
a, um, adj. Chaldwan. Cic. Clialdaicis 
rationibus eruditus, skilled in astrology. 
Juvenal. Grex Chaldsus. — And absol. 
Chaldaei, orum, the Chaldaians. Cic. — 
Also, astrologers. Sueton. 
CHAL5 (%aX<3), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
3 let down, slacken. Vitruv. 
CHaLyBS (xaXvip), ybis, f. a river in 
Spain. Justin. -IT Chalybes, um, <5 
people of Pontus, noted for their skill in 
manufacturing steel. -IT Hence, Cha- 
lybs, steel. Virg. Vulnificus chalybs. 
— Also, figur. any thing made of steel 
or iron. Senec. Strictus chalybs, li. c. a 
sword. Lucan, primus chalybem, fre- 
nosque momordit, the bit. Id. Insertum 
manibus clialybem, h. e. a nail. Id. 
Chalybum nodi, h. e. a chain. 
CHaMA, atis, n. a lynx. Plin. 
CHaIVLE (xhpai), arum, f. gaping cockles. 
Plin. 
CHXMfEACTE {xapaiaKrri), es, f. the herb 
wallwort or danewort, a kind of dwarf- 
elder. Plin. 
CHXjVLECERXSOS (xapaudpaeo s), i, f. 
the dwarf cherry-tree. Plin. 
OHXMJ5CISS5S (xapalxiaeog), i, f. 
ground ivy. Plin. -IT Also, a species 
of the herb sow-bread. Plin. 
CHXMJECyPXRISSOS ( xapaiKVTTdpio- 
cos), i, f. heath-cypress, or dwarf-cypress. 
Plin. 
CHXMA3DaPHNe (xapaiSaQvri), es, f. a 
sort of laurel, growing low, spurge-lau¬ 
rel. Plin. 
CHAM/EDRXC5N (xagaiSpaKov), ontos, 
3 m. a kind of serpent. Solin. 
CHAJL'EDRyS (xapalSpvs), yos, f. the 
herb germander. Plin. 
CHAflEELEoN (xapaiXeav), onis & ontis, 
m. a beast of the lizard kind, fabled to live 
on air, and which assumes the color of any 
thing to which it is applied, except red and 
white; a chameleon. Plin. - IT Also, 
the carlinc-thistle, sow-thistle. Plin. 
CHXMjELEUCe (xapatXevKri), es, f. the 
herb colt’s-foot. Plin. 
CHXMA3LyG£>S (xapaiXvyos), i, f. ver- 
3 vain. Apulei. 
CHXMA311eL8N {xapaipyXov), i, n. the 
herb chamomile. Plin. 
CHXMA3MyRSiNe (xnpaipvpaivq), es, 
f. holly, holme, or butcher's-broom. Plin. 
CHXMJEPEUCe (xapaincvKy), es, f. an 
herb with leaves like the larch-tree. Plin. 
CHXMAEPKTyS (xapatirlrvs), yos, f. the 
herb ground-pine. Plin. 
CHXMiEPLXTXNOS (xapaniXaTavos), i, 
f. the dwarf-platane. Plin. 
CHAMiEREPiS (xapatpeireTs), um, f. pi. 
a kind of date-tree ; dwarf-palm. Plin. 
CHXM/ERoPS, opis, f. the same as Cha- 
mcedrys. Plin. 
CHAM/ESyCe (xapaiavKy), es, f. thyme, 
spurge. Plin. 
CHAMAET6RT0S (xapal & tortus), a, 
3 um, adj. creeping on the ground. Fronto. 
CHXMAXZeLON (xauaC(qXov), i, n. the 
herb cinque-foil. Plin. 
CHXMeDyOSMSS (xapq&voopog), i, f. 
3 rosemary. Apul. 
CHAMEL/EA (xapeXata), ®, f. the dwarf- 
olive. Plin. 
CHAMETrERA (xaperaipa), ®, f. a fe¬ 
male attendant, handmaid. Plin. 
CHANXNAEOS, a, um, adj. Canaanitish. 
Prudent. 
CHaNNe, and CHaNe (xdvvrj & %ayn), 
es, f. a fish like a perch ; a ruff. Ovid. 
et ex se Concipiens channe, gemino 
fraudata parente. 
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CHAONES, um, m. Xaoveg, the inhabitants 
off Chaonia, in Epirus. Claud. 
CHaSNIX, a 5 , f. Xaovia, a district in Epi¬ 
rus. Virg. Chaoniamque omnem Tro- 
jano aChaone dixit.—Hence, Chaonis, 
Tdis, and Chaonius, a, um, adj. Cliao- 
nian. Ovid. Chaonis ales, h. c. a dove. 
Id. Chaonis arbos, h. e. the oak. Virg. 
Chaonii campi. Id. Chaoniique patris 
glans, h. e. of Dodoncean, Jupiter. Id. 
Chaoni® columb®, h. e. the prophetic 
doves of Dodona. 
CHAOS (%dof), i, n. avast void, a bottom- 
3 less abyss. Lucan. Et Chaos innumeros 
avidum confundere mundos. Senec. 
Cscum chaos. Valer. Flacc. profundum 
Per Chaos occurrunt esc® sine vocibus 
umbrae.-IT Also, a god, the father of 
Erebus and Night. Virg. Tercentum to- 
nat ore deos, Erebumque, Chaosque. 
-IT Also, darkness. Prudent. Merso 
sole, chaos ingruithorridum.-IT Al¬ 
so, the confused and disordered heap of 
things, whereof all things are supposed to 
have been made; chaos. Ovid Unus 
erat toto naturae vultus in orbe, Quern 
dixere Chaos, rudis indigestaque moles. 
Senec. Deforme Chaos. 
CHARA, ®, f. the root of an uncertain 
plant. Cats. See Oareum. 
CHXRXCaTCS (charax), a, um, adject. 
2 staked or propped up. Colum. 
CHXRXCeNe, es, f. a district of Susiana. 
Plin. 
CHARXCIaS (xapaxias), ae, m. fit for 
making palisades. Plin. Caracias cala¬ 
mus. 
CHARaCTeR (xapaKTTip), Sris, m. a 
mark set upon any thing, in order to iden¬ 
tify it. Colum. -if Also, a character, 
or style, of writing or speaking. Cic. 
CHXRXDRSS, i, m. XapaSpog, a river of 
Phocis. Stat. 
CHARAX (xapal), Acis, f. a palisade. 
-IT Hence, a town of Susiana, so call¬ 
ed because it was surrounded by palisades. 
Plin. -IT Also, a town of the Tauric 
Chersonese. Plin. 
CHXRAX6 (xapdacro)), as, a. X. to scratch, 
3 scarify. Prudent. 
CIXARaXCS, i, m. Xdpa^os, a brother of 
Sappho, who, after having squandered his 
fortune, betook himself to piracy. Ovid. 
CHXRIeNTISMOS {xapitvTicpoi), i, m. 
urbanity or gracefulness in speaking; a 
figure of speech by which any tiling disa¬ 
greeable is expressed or implied in a gra¬ 
cious form. Charis. 
CHARISXUS. See Carisius. 
CHARISMA ixdpiopa), Atis, n. a gift, 
3 boon. Prudent. 
CHARISTIA (xapioria), orum, n. plur. 
3 a solemn feast or banquet, at which none 
but kinsfolks met, in order that if there had 
been any quarrel or misunderstanding 
amongst any of them, they might be recon¬ 
ciled and made friends again. Ovid. 
Proxima cognati dixere charistia cari. 
CHARITAS. See Caritas. 
CHARITES, um, f. the Graces, al Xapcrcg. 
3 (See Gratia.) Ovid. Protinus arripiunt 
Charites, nectuntque coronas. Propcrt. 
Aversis Charisin ( dat. plur. Grac.) can- 
tas. Lucret. Parvula, pumilio, Chariton 
mia, tota merum sal, Xaplriov pia, h. c. 
una Gratiarum. 
CHXRITSBLEPHXR5N (xapiTofiXifia- 
pov), i, n. a kind of shrub growing in the 
sea, used in love-potions. Plin. 
CHARITON MIA. See Charites. 
CHARON, tis & onis, m. the ferryman of 
the infernal regions. Virg. Portitor file 
Charon. — Hence, ChAron®us, a, um, 
adj. Plin. Charones scrobes, openings in 
the earth, which exhale pestilential vapors. 
CHARoNDaS, ae, m. a Sicilian legislator. 
Cic. 
CHaRTX (xaprris), f- paper malie of 
the Egyptian papyrus. Cic. Charta den- 
tata, h. e. smoothed with a tooth. Sueton. 
Transversa charta scribere epistolas, 
cross-wise. Martial. Scribere epigram- 
mata in charta aversa, ft. e. on both 
sides of the paper. Plin. Chart* bibulae, 
blotting-paper; paper that will not bear 
the ink. Plin. Scapus chartarum, a 
quire of paper. Ilorat. Illinere aliquid 
chartis, ft. e. scribere. - XT Also, 
papyrus. Plin. In Sedennytico nomo 
non nisi charta nascitur.-IT Figur. 
any thing written on paper, a treatise, 
writing, letter-book. Cic. Chart® ob- 
solverunt. Id. Charta ipsa ne nos pro- 
dat, pertimesco. Martial. Chart® Ar- 
pin®, ft. e. the works of Cicero. Horat. 
Chart® Gr®c®, ft. e. writings of the 
Greeks. Id. Si chart® silearit, ft. e. if 
books do not celebrate. Ovid. Nullus in 
hac charta versus amare docet, in this 
poem. Catull. Omne ®vum tribus ex- 
plicare chartis, A. e. in three books. - 
IT Also, a thin plate, a sheet. Sueton. 
Charta plumbea, a sheet of lead. 
CHaRTaCEOS (charta), a, um, adject. 
3 of paper. Pandect. 
CHaRTaRICS (Id.), a, um, adject, of or 
2 relating to paper. Plin. Farina charta- 
ria, A. e. used for gluing paper. Id. 
Chartari® officin®, paper-mills; sta¬ 
tioners’ shops. Apul. Calamus char- 
tarius, ft. c. a pen. -IT Absol. Char- 
tarium, ii, n. archives, a library. Ilic- 
ronym. 
CXIaRTEOS (charta), a, um, adject, of 
3 paper. Auson. nam tota supellex Va- 
tum piorum chartea est. 
CHaRTuLX (diminut. fro 11 charta), *, 
1 f. a small leaf or sheet of p . per Cic. 
CHaRTuLARIOS (chartul 1 ), ii, m. a 
3 keeper of records. Cud. Just. 
CXIARUS. See Carus. 
CHXRyBDIS, is, f. XiipvPSis , a danger¬ 
ous whirlpool in the Sicilian straits, oppo¬ 
site to the rock Scylla. It is "ow called Ca- 
riddi or Galofaro. Virg. Dextrum Scyl¬ 
la Iatus, lsvum iinplacata Charybdis 
Obsidet. Tibull. Charybdis violenta. 
Ovid, avida. Id. irrequieta. Cic. Qua 
Charybdis tarn vorax?-IT Figurat. 
Cic. Charybdis bonorum, a spendthrift. 
CHaSMX (xarr/ta), Atis, n. a gaping, or 
yawning of the earth; a chasm. Senec. 
Chasmata aperiuntur. - IT Also, a 
meteor, with an apparent opening of the 
heavens. Senec. Sunt chasmata, cum 
aliquod caeli spatium discedit, et flam- 
mam dehiscens velut in abdito ostentat. 
CHaSMXTIaS (xcto-pariaj), m. an 
3 earthquake attended with an opening or 
yawning ofUic ground. Ammian. 
CHATTI. See Catti. 
CHAUCI. See Cauci. 
CHeL/XX (xqXai), arum, f. the arms of a 
scorpion; the claws, cleys, or chelics of a 
crab-fish. And as the arms of the con¬ 
stellation Scorpion extend into Libra. 
chclce is used for the constellation Libra, 
■Virg. Erigonem inter, chelasque se- 
quentes. Lucan, minacem Scorpion in- 
cendis cauda, chelasque peruris. - 
IT In the sing, chele signifies the trigger 
of a balista. Vitruv. Extantia cheles, 
ft. e. pars cheles, qu® exstat. 
CHeIjE, es, f. See Chclat. 2 
CHELIDONIaS (xcAuWi'aj), ®, m. the 
west wind after the 22 d of February, on 
account of the appearance of the swallows. 
Plin. 
CHELIDONIOS (xeAuJAiuof), a, um, adj. 
2 pertaining to a swallow. Plin. Chelido- 
nii lapilli, found, in the crops of young 
sicallows. Id. Chelidoni® ficus, a kind 
of blue or purple fg. -IT And absol. 
Chelidonia, ®, f. (sc. herba), the herb cel¬ 
andine, or swallow-wort. Plin. - 
IT Chelidoni® instil®, now le Correnti, 
islands on the coast of Lycia. Pompon. 
J\Icla. -IT Also, Chelidonium, a cape 
of Lycia, now cape Cameroso. Plin. 
CI1ELON, i, n. a part of the catapulta. 
Vitruv. 
CHELoNIX (xeXwvia ), ffi, f. a gem like 
the eye of an Indian tortoise, used by ma¬ 
gicians in divination. Plin. 
CHELoNITIS (xeXwvirig), liis, f. a 
precious stone like a tortoise. Plin. 
CXIELoNIUM (xeXcbviov), ii, n. the han 
die or ear of several kinds of machines ; 
stays. Vitruv. -IT Also, the herb sow¬ 
bread. Apul. 
CHELoNOPHXGI (xcXwvotpayot), orum, 
m. tortoise-eaters, a nation of Carmania. 
Plin. 
CHELyDROS (xeXvdpog), i, m. a sort of 
venomous snake, of a disagreeable smell. 
Virg. Galbaneoque agitare graves ni- 
dore chelydros. 
CHELy5N (xcXvov), i, n. the shell of a 
tortoise. Plin. CXielyon testudinum. 
CIXELyS (xcXvs), yis, oi-yos, f. a harp, 
3 lute, or cithern , so coiled from the body of 
it having been made originally of the sfteS 
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