Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χάραξ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χάραξ χάρακος

Structure: χαρακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xara/ssw

Sense

  1. a pointed stake
  2. a vine-prop or pole
  3. a pale

Declension

Third 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

  • Ἐὰν δὲ περικαθήσῃσ περὶ πόλιν μίαν ἡμέρασ πλείουσ ἐκπολεμῆσαι αὐτὴν εἰσ κατάληψιν αὐτῆσ, οὐκ ἐξολοθρεύσεισ τὰ δένδρα αὐτῆσ ἐπιβαλεῖν ἐπ̓ αὐτὰ σίδηρον, ἀλλ̓ ἢ ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ φαγῇ, αὐτὸ δὲ οὐκ ἐκκόψεισ. μὴ ἄνθρωποσ τὸ ξύλον τὸ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ εἰσελθεῖν ἀπὸ προσώπου σου εἰσ τὸν χάρακα̣ (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 20:19)
  • ζ καὶ εἶπεν Ἱεροβοὰμ πρὸσ Σουσακίμ. ὄντωσ ἐξαπόστειλόν με καὶ ἀπελεύσομαι. καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ἱεροβοὰμ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἦλθεν εἰσ γῆν Σαριρὰ τὴν ἐν ὄρει Ἐφραίμ. καὶ συνάγεται ἐκεῖ πᾶν σκῆπτρον Ἐφραίμ. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ Ἱεροβοὰμ χάρακα. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 12:30)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ τὸν λόγον τοῦτον, πίνων ἦν αὐτὸσ καὶ πάντεσ οἱ βασιλεῖσ οἱ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ ἐν σκηναῖσ καὶ εἶπε τοῖσ παισὶν αὐτοῦ. οἰκοδομήσατε χάρακα. καὶ ἔθεντο χάρακα ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 21:12)
  • Ἐκεῖθεν δὲ ἀποσπάσαντεσ σταδίουσ ἑπτακοσίουσ πεντήκοντα διήνυσαν εἰσ τὸν Χάρακα πρὸσ τοὺσ λεγομένουσ Τουβιήνουσ Ἰουδαίουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:17)

Synonyms

  1. a pointed stake

  2. a vine-prop or pole

  3. a pale

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION