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chīrĭdōtus adj. furnished with sleeves; Subst Chīro Chīrocmēta made by the hand; title of a book by Democritus chīrŏgrăphārĭus adj. pertaining to handwriting; manuscript- chīrŏgrăphum One; s own handwriting; autograph;; that which is written with one; assurances … Chīron one of the Centaurs; son of Saturn and Philyra; a constellation; named after Ch… chīrŏnŏmī^a the art of moving the hands in gesturing; gesticulation chīrŏnŏmŏs one who moves his hands according to the rules of art; correctly; a pantomime chīrurgĭa surgery; a violent remedy chīrurgĭcus adj. surgical; chirurgical Chīrurgūmĕna Surgical Operations chīrurgus a surgeon; a chirurgeon Chius chlămўda chlămўdātus adj. dressed in a military cloak chlămys a broad; woollen upper garment worn in Greece; a Grecian military cloak; a stat… Chlŏē Greek female name chlora a medicament chlōreus a greenish bird chlōrĭōn a yellow bird; the yellow thrush;; the oriole Chlōrĭs the goddess of flowers; The daughter of Amphion and Niobe; wife of Neleus; A Gr… chlōrītis a precious stone of a grass-green color; the smaragdoprasus Chlorus A river of Cilicia; A cognomen of Sex. Pompeius Chŏaspes A river in Susiana; distinguished for its pure water; from which the Persian ki… chŏaspītis a precious stor found in the Choaspes Chŏātrae a people of Lake Mœotis Chŏātras a mountain in Media Chŏātres a river of Parthia; the Adschi-Su choenix an Attic measure for grain; containing choerăs the scrofula Choerĭlus a wretched Greek poet; in the train of Alexander the Great; a dactylic species … choerogryllus a kind of hare chŏĭcus adj. of earth; clay cholas a species of emerald chŏlĕra the jaundice chŏlĕrĭcus adj. jaundiced chōlĭambus iambic verse; whose last foot; instead of an iambus; is a spondee; trochee chōma a dam; bank; mound chondrillē chondrilla; Spanish succory chondris a plant; a kind of horehound; resembling marjoram Chōra a district of Lower Egypt; near Alexandria chŏrāgĭum The place where the chorus was trained and practised; any other splendid prepar… chŏrāgus he who had the care of the chorus and the supplies; necessary for it; the chora… chŏraula chŏraulē a female flute-player; who accompanied with the flute the chorus dance chŏraules a flute-player; who accompanied with a flute the chorus dance chŏraulĭcus adj. belonging to the flute-players of the chorus chorda An intestine; as food; Catgut; a string; of a musical instrument chordăcista a player on a stringed instrument chordapsus a disease of the intestines chordus adj. lateborn; produced late in the season; the second crop of hay; after-math Chordus a Roman cognomen; chŏrēa a dance in a ring; a dance; the circular motions of the stars chōrĕpiscŏpus a deputy of a bishop for a village; a suffragan bishop chŏrēus A foot chŏrĭambĭcus chŏrĭambus a foot composed of a choreus and an iambus; choriambic chŏrĭcus adj. pertaining to the chorus; a kind of anapœstic verse; consisting of a chŏrīus chōrŏbătes an instrument for finding the level of water; a ground-level chŏrŏcĭthărista he who accompanied the chorus on the cithara Chōrŏgrăphĭa the description of countries; geography; the title of a book; of Cicero; of a p… chōrŏgrăphus one who describes countries; a geographer chors chortĭnus adj. from grass chŏrus A dance in a ring; a choral dance; a dance; The harmonious motions of the heave… Chrĕmes the name of an old miser in the Andria; Heaut; and Phormio of Terence Chrestŏlŏgus a nickname of the emperor Pertinax chreston a name by which the plant; was sometimes called Chrestus A Jew at Rome under the emperor Claudius; A slave; freedman of Cicero chrīa a sentence proposed as a theme for rhetorical exercise; with its logical develo… chrisma an anointing; unction Christĭānē adv. Christĭānismus Christianity Christĭānĭtas Christianity; the Christian clergy Christĭānīzo v. n. to profess Christianity Christĭānus adj. Christian; subst; a Christian; a Christian clergyman; in a Christian manner Christĭcŏla a worshipper of Christ; Christian Christĭgĕna adj. of the lineage of Christ Christĭ-pŏtens adj. strong in Christ Christus Christ chrōma a chromatic scale; the science of this species of harmony; chromatic chrŏmis a seafish chrŏnĭcus adj. pertaining to time chrŏnĭus adj. chronic chrŏnŏgrăphus a chronographer; annalist Chrȳsa A town on the coast of Troas sacred to Apollo; An island of India chrȳsallis the gold-colored chrysalis; aurelia; pupa of the butterfly chrȳsanthĕmum the gold-flower; marigold; also called Chrȳsas a river of Sicily; Dittaino; St. Asaro Chrȳsē Chrȳsēis chrȳsēlectrum Gold-colored amber; a precious stone; a dark-yellow precious stone; amber-color… chrȳsendĕtus adj. set in gold; inlaid with gold; vessels inlaid with gold Chrȳses a priest of Apollo; from Chryse; in Troas; the father of Astynome; his daughter… chrȳsĕus adj. golden; Subst; golden vessels Chrȳsippus One of the most distinguished of the Stoic philosophers; from Soli; in Cilicia;… Chrȳsis a comic person chrȳsītes A precious stone; also called; Another gold-colored precious stone chrȳsītis Adj. gold-colored; a plant; also called