Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χαῦνος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαῦνος χαῦνη χαῦνον

Structure: χαυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xai/nw

Sense

  1. gaping, porous, spongy, loose
  2. unsubstantial, empty, frivolous

Examples

  • Ὠμοπλάτη δὲ χονδρώδησ τὸ πρὸσ Ῥάχιν, τὸ δ’ ἄλλο χαύνη, τὸ ἀνώμαλον ἔξω ἔχουσα, αὐχένα δὲ καὶ κοτύλην ἔχουσα χονδρώδεα, ἐξ ἧσ αἱ πλευραὶ κίνησιν ἔχουσιν, εὐαπόλυτοσ ἐοῦσα ὀστέων, πλὴν βραχίονοσ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., MOXLIKOS., 1.10)

Synonyms

  1. unsubstantial

Related

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

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