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

  • οὗ σβεσθέντοσ τέφρα ἀποβήσεται τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα διαχυθήσεται ὡσ χαῦνοσ ἀήρ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 2:3)
  • χαῦνοσ δ’ ὁ μειζόνων ἀξιῶν αὑτόν, μικρόψυχοσ δ’ ὁ ἐλαττόνων· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 61:1)
  • εἰ γὰρ ἂν μεγάλων ἀξιῶν χαῦνοσ ἦν, ἢ ἐλαττόνων ἔτι. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 115:1)
  • ὑμῶν δ’ εἷσ μὲν ἕκαστοσ ἀλώπεκοσ ἴχνεσι βαίνει, σύμπασιν δ’ ὑμῖν χαῦνοσ ἔνεστι νόοσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 30 2:4)
  • ὁ δὲ μεγάλων ἑαυτὸν ἀξιῶν ἀνάξιοσ ὢν χαῦνοσ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 66:3)

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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