Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χαροπός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαροπός χαροπή χαροπόν

Structure: χαροπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xara/, w)/y

Sense

  1. glad-eyed, bright-eyed, light-blue or grayish colour
  2. sparkling with joy, joyous, gladsome

Examples

  • ἱλάσκευ τὴν Κύπριν ἐγὼ δέ σοι ἢ ἐν ἔρωτι οὔριοσ, ἢ χαροπῷ πνεύσομαι ἐν πελάγει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 143 1:1)
  • ὥστ’ ἔφυγον σὺν τῷ Ἀργείῳ καὶ Χαρόπῳ τῶν πολιτῶν περὶ τριακοσίουσ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 4 23:2)

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

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