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χεῖλος (Dor. χῆλος Cerc.1.5, Aeol. χέλλος Choerob. in An.Ox. 2.278), εος, τό: pl., gen.
A.χειλῶνArist.HA492b26; “χειλέωνHerod. 3.4, LXXPr.12.13, al., Plu.Cat.Ma.12, v.l. in D.H.Comp.14: poet. dat. χείλεσσι (v. infr.):—lip, Hom., etc.: prov., ἐγέλασσε χείλεσιν laughed with the lips only, Il.15.102; χείλεα μέν τ᾽ ἐδίην᾽, ὑπερῴην δ᾽ οὐκ ἐδίηνε wetted the lips, but not the palate, i.e. drank sparingly, 22.495; “νέκταρ ἐν χείλεσσι στάξοισιPi.P.9.63; πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χ., of Pericles, Eup.94.5; “χείλεσιν διδοὺς ὀδόνταςE.Ba.621 (troch.); χείλεσιν ἀμφιλάλοις, of incessant talk, Ar.Ra. 678 (lyr.); δάκνων τὰ χ., of one in a difficulty, Eub.53.6; “ἄχρις ψυχή . . ἐπὶ χειλέων λειφθῇHerod. l.c.; ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι τὰς ψυχὰς ἔχοντες 'with their hearts in their mouths', D.Chr.32.50; ἀπὸ χειλέων, opp. ἀπὸ καρδίας, Plu. l.c.; “ἀπ᾽ ἄκρου χ. φιλοσοφεῖνon the surface only, Luc.Apol.6; ἐπ᾽ ἄκρου τοῦ χ. on the tip of one's tongue, Id.Ind.26; προσαρμόσαι τὰ χ. (sc. τῇ κύλικι) Id.DDeor.5.2; προσαρμόζειν τὰ χ., χείλη προσεγγίσαι χείλεσιν, of persons kissing, Id.DMeretr.5.3, Am.53; χείλεσιν διερρυηκόσιν with gaping lips, Ar.Nu.873; “ἐν τοῖς χ. τιμᾶνLXXIs.29.13; ἐν χ. ἑτέρων λαλεῖν, i.e. in strange speech, 1 Ep.Cor.14.21; “χ. ἓν πάντωνLXXGe.11.6, cf. Pr.10.19.
2. of horses, X.Eq.6.8: of birds, bill, beak, E.Ion1199, Opp.H.3.247, AP9.333 (Mnasalc.).
II. metaph. of things, edge, brink, rim, of a bowl, “χρυσῷ δ᾽ ἐπὶ χείλεα κεκράανταιOd.4.616, cf. 132; “Ἐλπὶς . . ἔμιμνε πίθου ὑπὸ χείλεσινHes.Op.97, cf. Hdt.3.123, Ar.Ach.459; of a ditch, Il.12.52, Hdt.1.179, Th.3.23; of the ocean, Mimn.11.7, cf. LXXGe.22.17; “τῶν τῆς γῆς τροχῶνPl. Criti.115e; of rivers, lakes, Hdt.2.70,94, Arist.HA570a22; of the whorls, Pl.R.616d, 616e; αὐλαίας, τείχους, LXXEx.26.4, Plb.10.44.11; of the womb, Arist.HA583a16; of a wound, Gal.11.127.
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