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χαλεπ-ός , ή, όν,
4. of ground, difficult, rugged,χωρία χ. καὶ πετρώδηTh.4.9; “ὁδόςId.5.58, Pl.R.328e; “χ. . . καὶ προσάντης . . ὁδός ἐστινAnaxandr.56; “πρόσοδοιX.An.5.2.3; πορεία ib.5.6.10; σταθμός ib.4.5.3; χωρίον -ώτατον a place most difficult to take, ib.4.8.2.
d. savage, fierce,κύνεςX.An.5.8.24, Cyn.10.23; of bees, Arist.HA624b30 (Comp.); [“θηρία] χ. τὰς φύσειςPl.Plt. 274b.
2. ill-tempered, testy,χ. ὢν καὶ δύσκολοςAr.V.942, cf. Isoc.19.26; “ὀργὴν χ.Hdt.3.131; χαλεπῇ τῇ χειρί with a rough hand, Ar.Lys.1116.
3. of plants, hurtful to the soil, Thphr.HP8.9.3 (Sup.).
4. painfully, miserably,-ώτερον ζῆνPl.R.579d; “ἐν τοῖς -ώτατα διῆγονTh.7.71.
b. χ. ἔχειν, also, to be in a bad way,χ. ἔχω ὑπὸ τοῦ πότουPl.Smp.176a, cf. Tht.142b.— Beside the regul. Comp.
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