χειά

A. hole, esp. of serpents, Il. 22.93,95, Plu. 2.169e, Orph. L. 473; ἥβαν οὐχ ὑπὸ χειᾷ δάμασεν he buried not his youth in a hole, Pi. I. 8(7).77: pl., Schwyzer 194.5 (Crete).