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ξηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξηρός ξηρά̄ ξηρόν

Structure: ξηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

dry
The effects of being without water: parched, withered
By extension: shrunken, paralyzed, lean
(voice) rough, hoarse
fasting

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ξηρός	ξηρᾱ́	ξηρόν
	Genitive	ξηροῦ	ξηρᾶς	ξηροῦ
	Dative	ξηρῷ	ξηρᾷ	ξηρῷ
	Accusative	ξηρόν	ξηρᾱ́ν	ξηρόν
	Vocative	ξηρέ	ξηρᾱ́	ξηρόν
Dual	N/A/V	ξηρώ	ξηρᾱ́	ξηρώ
Dual	G/D	ξηροῖν	ξηραῖν	ξηροῖν
Plural	Nominative	ξηροί	ξηραί	ξηρά
	Genitive	ξηρῶν	ξηρῶν	ξηρῶν
	Dative	ξηροῖς	ξηραῖς	ξηροῖς
	Accusative	ξηρούς	ξηρᾱ́ς	ξηρά
	Vocative	ξηροί	ξηραί	ξηρά

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ξηρός ξηροῦ	ξηρότερος ξηροτεροῦ	ξηρότατος ξηροτατοῦ
Adverb	ξηρώς	ξηρότερον	ξηρότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

δ’ ἶσοσ Θέτιδοσ παῖσ ἠϋκόμοιο πάντεσ δ’ εἰσὶν ὁμῶσ νεκύων ἀμενηνὰ κάρηνα, γυμνοί τε ξηροί τε κατ’ ἀσφοδελὸν λειμῶνα. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 22:13)
διδόασι γὰρ ἄμφω καλὴν τὴν δίκην, οἱ μὲν ὥσπερ ὁ Τάνταλοσ ἄποτοι καὶ ἄγευστοι καὶ ξηροὶ τὸ στόμα, ἐπικεχηνότεσ μόνον τῷ χρυσίῳ, οἱ δὲ καθάπερ ὁ Φινεὺσ ἀπὸ τῆσ φάρυγγοσ τὴν τροφὴν ὑπὸ τῶν Ἁρπυιῶν ἀφαιρούμενοι. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 18:2)
οἱ δὲ χλωροὶ καλοῦνται δὲ καυλίναι ξηροί εἰσι καὶ ἀλιπεῖσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 51 3:1)
τὰ λύτρα δὲ ἦν τυροὶ πολλοὶ καὶ ἰχθύεσ ξηροὶ καὶ κρόμμυα καὶ ἔλαφοι τέτταρεσ, τρεῖσ ἑκάστη πόδασ ἔχουσα, δύο μὲν τοὺσ ὀπίσω, οἱ δὲ πρόσω συνεπεφύκεσαν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 44:12)
τούτοισ τοίνυν ἄγγελλ’, ὁτιὴ ψυχρὸν τοὔψον, τὸ ποτὸν θερμόν, ξηρὸν φύραμ’, ἄρτοι ξηροί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 67 1:3)

Synonyms

dry
- πολυκαγκής (very dry)
- ξερός (dry, to the dry land)
- τραφερός (the dry land, land)
- ἡμίξηρος (half-dry)
- περίκηλος (exceeding dry)
- χέρσος (dry, firm)
- ἀζαλέος (dry, parched)
- καπυρός (drying, parching)
- καρφηρός (of dry straw)
fasting
- ἐγκρατής (holding fast)
- πυκνός (close or fast)
- ἄκμηνος (fasting, fasting from food)
- ἀείνηστις (ever-fasting)

ἄτροφος (not fed)
ἐπιπολάζω (to come to the surface)
πήγανον (rue)
στόμαχος (throat)
φύρω (to mix)
δύσπεπτος (Difficult to digest)
κύμινον (cumin)
σίραιον (new wine)
ξηρότης (dryness)
κάρδαμον (cress)
ἔναιμος (with blood in one)
στρυφνός (rough)
ὄροβος (bitter vetch)
ῥαβδωτός (striped)
χαμαίζηλος (seeking the ground)
πολύτροφος (well-fed)
κέγχρος (millet)
εὔπνους (breathing well)
σκέπασμα (a covering)
εὔπεπτος (easy of digestion)
ἀμύγδαλος (an almond-tree)
νίτρον (sodium carbonate)
εὐστόμαχος (with good stomach)
ἑλλέβορος (hellebore)
χλιαρός (warm)
κρίθινος (made of or from barley)
στέγασμα (anything which covers)
παχύτης (thickness)
πλεύμων (lung)
πυός (the first milk after the birth)

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ξηρός

Sense

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dry

fasting

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ξηρός

Sense

Declension

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dry

fasting

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