χελιδόνιος
α, ον, ος, ον, ἡ
A.
of the swallow, μέλος Suid.; χ. τεῖχος built by swallows, Thrasyll. ap. Ps.-Plu. Fluv. 16.2.
II.
like the swallow, esp. coloured like the swallow's throat, reddish-brown, russet, ἰσχάδες χελιδόνιαι russet-coloured figs, Philem.Gloss. ap. Ath. 14.652f., cf. Dsc. 5.32, Poll.l.c.; χ. πυρός Dsc. Eup. 1.228; χελιδόνια (sc. σῦκα) Ar. Fr. 569.4 (χελιδόνεια Epigen.1.2).
2.
χελιδονία,ἡ, a kind of gem, Plin. HN 37.155; lapis chelidonius ib.11.203.
3.
χ. ἀσπίς, a kind of asp, Philum. Ven. 16.1, Gal. 14.235, cf. χελιδονιαῖος.
4.
δασύπους χελιδόνειος, of the common hare, Diph. 1.
5.
χελιδονεία κύλιξ, name of a kind of cup, IG 11(2).154 B 7 (pl., Delos, iii B.C.), cf. 145.46 (ib., iv. B.C.), Inscr.Delos 385a53 (ii B. C.).
6.
χελιδόνιον,τό, an eye-salve, CIL 13.10021.93.