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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

  • ἐπεί τοι ἀνέθρεψα ἐγὼ κύνα χαροπὴν οἱάν χαροπωτάτην, καὶ αὕτη ὠκεῖά τε ἦν καὶ φιλόπονοσ καὶ εὔψυχοσ καὶ εὔπουσ, ὥστε καὶ τέσσαρσιν ἤδη ποτὲ λαγῷσ ἐφ̓ ἡλικίασ ἀντήρκεσεν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 5 1:1)
  • "καὶ τέλοσ ἤδη πρὸσ ἑώ λαμβάνει χρόαν κυανοειδῆ καὶ χαροπήν, ἀφ’ ἧσ δὴ καὶ μάλιστα γλαυκῶπιν αὐτὴν οἱ ποιηταὶ καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ ἀνακαλοῦνται. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 21 5:15)

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

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