χηραμός

A. hole, cleft, hollow, κοίλην εἰσέπτατο πέτρην, χηραμόν, of a rock pigeon, Il. 21.495, cf. Arist. HA 614b35, Hld. 8.16; χ. [σφηκῶν] Lyc. 181; of a mouse's hole, Babr. 107.13; of a hollow in the hilt of a sword, Ach.Tat. 3.20, 21; of a shell, Id. 2.11; of the hollows on the sides of the tongue, Poll. 2.107.—The gend. is undetermined in Hom.; fem., A.R. 4.1452, prob. in Arist.l.c.; masc., Ael. NA 3.26, Philostr. VA 2.14: heterocl. pl. χηραμά,τά, Nic. Th. 55, 149, Q.S. 9.382; cf. χηλαμός, χαραμός, χειραμός.