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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

  • ζηλῶ γε τῆσ εὐτυχίασ τὸν πρέσβυν οἷ μετέστη ξηρῶν τρόπων καὶ βιοτῆσ· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, strophe1)
  • "λυπεῖ δ’ ἧττον τὰ χλωρὰ τῶν ξηρῶν καὶ τὰ βεβρεγμένα τῶν ἀβρόχων καὶ τὰ πεφρυγμένα τῶν ὠμῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 41 2:3)
  • τὰ δὲ Ἡρακλεωτικά, καλούμενα δὲ Διὸσ βάλανοι, τρέφει μὲν οὐχ ὁμοίωσ τοῖσ ἀμυγδάλοισ, ἔχει δέ τι κεγχρῶδεσ καὶ ἐπιπολαστικὸν πλείω δὲ βρωθέντα βαρύνει τὴν κεφαλήν, ἧττον δ’ ἐνοχλεῖ καὶ τούτων τὰ χλωρὰ τῶν ξηρῶν, τὰ δὲ Περσικὰ κεφαλαλγικὰ μέν ἐστιν οὐχ ἧττον τῶν Διὸσ βαλάνων, τρέφει δὲ μᾶλλον φάρυγγα τραχύνει καὶ στόμα, ὀπτηθέντα δὲ ἀλυπότερα γίνεται· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 41 2:4)
  • "τῶν δὲ ξηρῶν τὰ Θάσια καὶ Κύπρια ἁπαλὰ ὄντα εὐεκκριτώτερά ἐστι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 41 4:6)
  • κρείττουσ δ’ οἱ λευκοὶ τῶν μελάνων καὶ πυξοειδεῖσ καὶ οἱ Μιλήσιοι τῶν λεγομένων κριῶν οἵ τε χλωροὶ τῶν ξηρῶν καὶ οἱ βεβρεγμένοι τῶν ἀβρόχων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 44 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. dry

  2. fasting

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