A.that which is poured out or flows, fluid, Arist. HA550b27, D.S.17.75; even “χ. νιφάδος” Alciphr.1.23; χ. τέσσαρα, viz. the hot, cold, moist, and dry, Ptol.Tetr.19.
2. ingot, bar, IG7.303.104 (Orop., iii B. C.); “χ. χρυσοῦν” Inscr.Délos442 B6 (ii B. C.), [χρυσίου] ib.1432Abi17 (Delos, ii B. C., pl.), cf. Agatharch.28.
3. metaph., confused mass, “τῶν ἀριθμῶν” LXX 2 Ma.2.24; aggregate, Theol.Ar.34; crowd, πρεσβυτέρων καὶ νεωτέρων Aristeas14.