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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

  • ἄμεινον δὲ εἰ ξηρᾷ τῇ τροφῇ χαίροιεν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 8 2:3)
  • ἐξ οὗ συμβαλὼν ὁ Μάριοσ ἔφασκεν ὡσ διὰ θαλάσσησ αὐτῷ μᾶλλον ἢ διὰ γῆσ ὑποδείκνυσι σωτηρίαν τὸ δαιμόνιον τὸν γάρ ὄνον οὐ προσέχοντα τῇ ξηρᾷ τροφῇ πρὸσ τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ τραπέσθαι. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 38 6:2)
  • ἐγνώκασι δή γ’, ἔφην ἐγώ, ὦ Ἰσχόμαχε, καὶ τὸ μὴ ἐν ξηρᾷ σπείρειν ἑκόντεσ εἶναι πάντεσ ἄνθρωποι, δῆλον ὅτι πολλαῖσ ζημίαισ παλαίσαντεσ οἱ πρὶν κελευσθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ σπείροντεσ. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 17 3:2)
  • πότερα οὖν, ἔφη, ἐν τῇ ξηρᾷ ἂν βαθὺν ὀρύττοισ βόθρον τῷ φυτῷ ἢ ἐν τῇ ὑγρᾷ; (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 19 8:1)
  • ἐν τῇ ξηρᾷ νὴ Δί’, ἔφην ἐγώ· (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 19 8:2)
  • Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. συναχθήτω τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰσ συναγωγὴν μίαν, καὶ ὀφθήτω ἡ ξηρά. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. καὶ συνήχθη τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰσ τὰσ συναγωγὰσ αὐτῶν, καὶ ὤφθη ἡ ξηρά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:9)
  • ἐπὶ γῆσ ξηρά. ἀγκαλίδα γὰρ ὀρφανῶν ἥρπασαν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 24:19)
  • καὶ καυθήσεται ὡσ πῦρ ἡ ἀνομία καὶ ὡσ ἄγρωσισ ξηρὰ βρωθήσεται ὑπὸ πυρόσ. καὶ καυθήσεται ἐν τοῖσ δάσεσι τοῦ δρυμοῦ, καὶ συγκαταφάγεται τὰ κύκλῳ τῶν βουνῶν πάντα. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 9:17)
  • καὶ περιήγαγέ με ἐπ’ αὐτὰ κυκλόθεν κύκλῳ, καὶ ἰδοὺ πολλὰ σφόδρα ἐπὶ προσώπου τοῦ πεδίου, ξηρὰ σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 37:2)

Synonyms

  1. dry

  2. fasting

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