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ξηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξηρός ξηρά̄ ξηρόν

Structure: ξηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. dry
  2. The effects of being without water: parched, withered
  3. By extension: shrunken, paralyzed, lean
  4. (voice) rough, hoarse
  5. fasting

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • καὶ τὰ κοῖλα τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ σανδάλια αὐτῶν παλαιὰ καὶκαταπεπελματωμένα ἐν τοῖσ ποσὶν αὐτῶν. καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν πεπαλαιωμένα ἐπάνω αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁ ἄρτοσ αὐτῶν τοῦ ἐπισιτισμοῦ ξηρὸσ καὶ εὐρωτιῶν καὶ βεβρωμένοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 9:11)
  • ἀνῆκα τὰσ χεῖρασ, καὶ ἐξηράνθησαν καὶ ἐγένοντο ὡσ χόρτοσ ξηρὸσ ἐπὶ δωμάτων καὶ ὡσ ἄγρωστισ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 37:27)
  • ὅταν ἐσ ταύτασ ἄνεμοσ ξηρὸσ μετεωρισθεὶσ κατακλῃσθῇ, ἔνδοθεν αὐτὰσ ὥσπερ κύστιν φυσᾷ, κἄπειθ’ ὑπ’ ἀνάγκησ ῥήξασ αὐτὰσ ἔξω φέρεται σοβαρὸσ διὰ τὴν πυκνότητα, ὑπὸ τοῦ ῥοίβδου καὶ τῆσ ῥύμησ αὐτὸσ ἑαυτὸν κατακάων. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Choral, anapests 1:14)
  • "ὁ μέλασ οἶνόσ ἐστι θρεπτικώτατοσ, ὁ δὲ λευκὸσ οὐρητικώτατοσ καὶ λεπτότατοσ, ὁ δὲ κιρρὸσ ξηρὸσ καὶ τῶν σιτίων πεπτικώτεροσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 59 1:2)
  • τῶν χερσαίων δ’ ὑμῖν ἥξει παρ’ ἐμοῦ ταυτί βοῦσ ἀγελαῖοσ, τράγοσ ὑλιβάτησ, αἲξ οὐρανία, κριὸσ τομίασ, κάπροσ ἐκτομίασ, ὗσ οὐ τομίασ δέλφαξ, δασύπουσ, ἔριφοι, τυρὸσ χλωρόσ, τυρὸσ ξηρόσ, τυρὸσ κοπτόσ, τυρὸσ ξυστόσ, τυρὸσ τμητόσ, τυρὸσ πηκτόσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 66 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. dry

  2. fasting

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