χόνδρος

A. granule or lump of salt, ἁλὸς χόνδρους Hp. Ulc. 17, cf. Sophr. in PSI 11.1214 a. 3: pl., PLit.Lond. 167.18 (ii/iii A. D.); ἁλὸς τρύφεα κατὰ χόνδρους μεγάλους Hdt. 4.181; οἰκία ἐκ τῶν ἁλίνων χ. οἰκοδομέαται ib.185:—χόνδρος abs., salt, χ. ἐποψίδιος AP 7.736 (Leon.); also of the gum of frankincense, Thphr. HP 9.4.10; λιβανωτοῦ χ. Luc. Sat. 16, cf. Asin. 12; χ. λιβάνου Dsc. 1.68.7.

2. groats of wheat or spelt (esp. the latter, Dsc. 2.96, Gp. 3.7); σασαμίδας χόνδρον τε καὶ ἐγκρίδας Stesich. 2; χόνδρον ἕψων Ar. Fr. 203, cf. 412 (anap.); χ. γάλακι κατανενιμμένος Pherecr. 108.18; ἐκ δ’ Ἰταλίας χ. καὶ πλευρὰ βόεια Hermipp. 63.6 (hex.); χ. Μεγαρικός, Θετταλικός, Antiph. 34.2,3, Alex. 191; ὁ χ. πλεῖον ὕδωρ δέχεται ἢ οἱ πυροὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ τοιοῦτος ἐγένετο χ. Arist. Pr. 929b1, cf. Thphr. CP 4.16.2, Plb. 12.2.5; χόνδρου πτισάνη Gal. 6.496: hence, gruel, porridge, Thphr. HP 4.4.9, Orac. ap. Hierocl. in CA 1p.421M.: prov., of an old man, χόνδρον λείχειν Ar. V. 737 (anap.).

II. gristle, cartilage, Hp. Aph. 6.19, Arist. HA 516b31, PA 655a37: esp. the cartilage of the breast, which unites the false ribs at the termination of the breast-bone, Hp. Epid. 7.3, cf. Prorrh. 2.7, Nic. Al. 123; and v. ξιφοειδής; also, the cartilage of the ear, Arist. HA 492a16; of the nose, Poll. 2.79; of the windpipe (i. e. uvula), ib.99; ὠλενίτης χ. the shoulder-blade, Lyc. 155; also of the young horns of deer, Ael. NA 6.5.