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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

  • Τούτου δὲ ἐκ τῆσ κοτύλησ νευρίῳ ἡ κεφαλὴ ἐξήρτηται, χόνδρου χαύνου περιφερῆ ἐπίφυσιν ἔχουσα‧ αὐτὸσ δ’ ἔγκυρτοσ ἔξω καὶ ἔμπροσθεν, πλάγιοσ, οὐκ ὀρθὸσ πρὸσ κοτύλην. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., MOXLIKOS., 1.11)

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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