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χάος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: χάος χάεος

Structure: χαο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. the primordial state of existence
  2. space, air
  3. abyss, chasm
  4. infinite darkness

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χάος χάει χάη
Genitive χάους χάοιν χαέων
Dative χάει χάοιν χάεσιν*
Accusative χάος χάει χάη
Vocative χάος χάει χάη

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

  • νωμᾶ‐ ται δ’ ἐν ἀτρύτῳ χάει λεπτότριχα σὺν ζεφύρου πνοι‐ αῖσιν ἔθειραν ἀρίγνω‐ τοσ μετ’ ἀνθρώποισ ἰδεῖν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 2:3)
  • οὗτοσ δὲ Χάει πτερόεντι μιγεὶσ νυχίῳ κατὰ Τάρταρον εὐρὺν ἐνεόττευσεν γένοσ ἡμέτερον, καὶ πρῶτον ἀνήγαγεν ἐσ φῶσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, parabasis5)

Synonyms

  1. space

  2. abyss

  3. infinite darkness

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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