χεῖλος
Alt. χεῖλος, εος,
I. "a lip", Lat. labrum, Hom., etc.; proverb., χείλεσι γελᾶν to laugh "with the lips" only, Il.; χείλεα μέν τ᾽ ἐδίην᾽, ὑπερῴην δ᾽ οὐκ ἐδίηνεν wetted "the lips", but not the palate, i. e. drank sparingly, id=Il.; ἀπὸ χειλέων, opp. to ἀπὸ καρδίας, with ""lip-service, "" Plut.
2. of birds, "a bill, beak", Eur.
II. metaph. of things, "the edge, brink, brim, rim", of a bowl, Od., Hdt., etc.; of a ditch, Il., Hdt.; of rivers, Hdt.