χολή, ἡ,
gall, bile, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; χ. μέλαινα black, i. e. diseased,
bile, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (but, =μελαγχολία, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; χολὴν ἐμεῖν, βῆξαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; χολῇ ἀλείφειν, proverbial of
giving one a disgust for a thing, from the custom of mothers putting gall to the nipple when the child was to be weaned, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2 plural χολαί,
gall-bladder, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; called δοχαὶ χολῆς, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in
singular, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3 metaphorically (mostly in Poets) likeχόλος (which see),
bile, gall, i. e.
bitter anger, wrath, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάνυ ἐστ᾽ ἤδη χ. stirs my
bile, makes me sick, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιζεῖ χ.
the bile boils over, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II ink of the cuttle-fish, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III in LXX = Hebrew
rôsh, a poisonous plant, variously called
hemlock or
poppy, [
LXX]
IV serpent's
venom, χ. ἀσπίδος[
LXX]; of the hydra's
venom, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
V bitter drink, [
NT] cf. Latin
fel, ONorse
gall, etc., 'bile, gall':—probably the name is derived from the colour of bile, and is
cognate with Latin (
h)
olus, helvus, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
gelb 'yellow', perhaps also χλόη.)
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