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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
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ξηρός ξηρᾱ́ ξηρόν
Genitive ξηροῦ ξηρᾶς ξηροῦ
Dative ξηρῷ ξηρᾷ ξηρῷ
Accusative ξηρόν ξηρᾱ́ν ξηρόν
Vocative ξηρέ ξηρᾱ́ ξηρόν
DualN/A/V ξηρώ ξηρᾱ́ ξηρώ
G/D ξηροῖν ξηραῖν ξηροῖν
PluralNominative 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

  • ἐκείνουσ ἔτι πίνειν ἢ ἐσθίειν, ὧν τὰ κρανία ξηρότατα; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 22:8)
  • τὸ δὲ ταὐτὸ μὲν ἐκπεσὸν ποιεῖ τῷ τῆσ σιδηρίτιδοσ, ἐφέλκεται δὲ τῶν πλησίον τὰ κουφότατα καὶ ξηρότατα διὰ λεπτότητα καὶ ἀσθένειαν οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἰσχυρὸν οὐδ’ ἔχει βάροσ οὐδὲ ῥύμην πλῆθοσ ἀέροσ ἐξῶσαι δυναμένην, ᾧ τῶν μειζόνων, ὥσπερ ἡ σιδηρῖτισ, ἐπικρατήσει. (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 7, section 7 3:2)
  • ὅταν οὖν θέσιν ἐναντίαν λάβῃ πρὸσ τὸν ἥλιον, ὥστε τὰσ αὐγὰσ πανταχόθεν ἀνακοπτομένασ ἀθροίζεσθαι καὶ συμπλέκεσθαι περὶ τὸ κέντρον, αὐτόν τε διακρίνει τὸν ἀέρα λεπτυνόμενον, καὶ τὰ κουφότατα καὶ ξηρότατα τῶν προστιθεμένων ὀξέωσ ἀνάπτει κατὰ τὴν ἀντέρεισιν, σῶμα καὶ πληγὴν πυρώδη τῆσ αὐγῆσ λαβούσησ. (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 9 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. dry

  2. fasting

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