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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

  • ἀλλ’ οὔτε ἀνθρώποισ ἡγοῦμαι τὴν ἐπιχείρησιν περὶ αὐτῶν λεγομένην ἀγαθόν, εἰ μή τισιν ὀλίγοισ ὁπόσοι δυνατοὶ ἀνευρεῖν αὐτοὶ διὰ σμικρᾶσ ἐνδείξεωσ, τῶν τε δὴ ἄλλων τοὺσ μὲν καταφρονήσεωσ οὐκ ὀρθῆσ ἐμπλήσειεν ἂν οὐδαμῇ ἐμμελῶσ, τοὺσ δὲ ὑψηλῆσ καὶ χαύνησ ἐλπίδοσ, ὡσ σέμν’ ἄττα μεμαθηκότασ. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 118:1)

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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