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χάος

First/Second declension Adjective; 이형 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χάος χάος χάον

Structure: χα (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Alternative spelling of χάϊος ‎(kháïos) "genuine, true"

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 θήσομαι Σαμάρειαν εἰσ ὀπωροφυλάκιον ἀγροῦ καὶ εἰσ φυτείαν ἀμπελῶνοσ καὶ κατασπάσω εἰσ χάοσ τοὺσ λίθουσ αὐτῆσ καὶ τὰ θεμέλια αὐτῆσ ἀποκαλύψω. (Septuagint, Prophetia Michaeae 1:6)
  • καὶ στήσονται οἱ πόδεσ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐπὶ τὸ ὄροσ τῶν ἐλαιῶν τὸ κατέναντι Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐξ ἀνατολῶν. καὶ σχισθήσεται τὸ ὄροσ τῶν ἐλαιῶν, τὸ ἥμισυ αὐτοῦ πρὸσ ἀνατολάσ καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ πρὸσ θάλασσαν, χάοσ μέγα σφόδρα. καὶ κλινεῖ τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ ὄρουσ πρὸσ τὸν βορρᾶν καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ αὐτοῦ πρὸσ νότον. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 14:4)
  • ἐκεῖνο δὲ ἀπορῆσαι ἄξιον, τί δήποτε προειπὼν ὑπὲρ σαυτοῦ, ὡσ διὰ τοῦτο λάβοισ τὴν θεσπέσιον ἐκείνην ᾠδὴν παρὰ τῶν θεῶν, ὅπωσ κλείοισ καὶ ὑμνοίησ τὰ παρεληλυθότα καὶ θεσπίζοισ τὰ ἐσόμενα, θάτερον μὲν καὶ πάνυ ἐντελῶσ ἐξενήνοχασ θεῶν τε γενέσεισ διηγούμενοσ ἄχρι καὶ τῶν πρώτων ἐκείνων, χάουσ καὶ γῆσ καὶ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἔρωτοσ, ἔτι δὲ γυναικῶν ἀρετὰσ καὶ παραινέσεισ γεωργικάσ, καὶ ὅσα περὶ Πλειάδων καὶ ὅσα περὶ καιρῶν ἀρότου καὶ ἀμήτου καὶ πλοῦ καὶ ὅλωσ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων· (Lucian, 1:2)
  • ἀπὸ γὰρ χάουσ εὐθὺσ καὶ τῆσ πρώτησ τοῦ κόσμου γενέσεωσ ἀρξάμενον χρὴ αὐτὸν ἅπαντα εἰδέναι ἄχρι τῶν κατὰ τὴν Κλεοπάτραν τὴν Αἰγυπτίαν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 37:1)
  • ἦ τοι μὲν πρώτιστα Χάοσ γένετ’, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα Γαῖ’ εὐρύστερνοσ, πάντων ἕδοσ ἀσφαλὲσ αἰεὶ ἀθανάτων, οἳ ἔχουσι κάρη νιφόεντοσ Ὀλύμπου, Τάρταρά τ’ ἠερόεντα μυχῷ χθονὸσ εὐρυοδείησ, ἠδ’ Ἔροσ, ὃσ κάλλιστοσ ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι, λυσιμελήσ, πάντων δὲ θεῶν πάντων τ’ ἀνθρώπων δάμναται ἐν στήθεσσι νόον καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 13:1)
  • καῦμα δὲ θεσπέσιον κάτεχεν Χάοσ· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 67:7)
  • ’ συμφωνεῖ δὲ καὶ Ἡσίοδοσ εἰπὼν ἤτοι μὲν πρώτιστα χάοσ γένετο· (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 1 3:2)

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