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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

  • ῥαγέντων δὲ ἢ κλασθέντων, ἤ τιν’ ἄλλον συντριβέντων τρόπον, ἢ καὶ οἴκοθεν εὐθὺσ χαύνων καὶ σαπρῶν ὄντων, κληρονομεῖν τὰ σώματα τῆσ τύχησ καὶ μηδὲ τοῖσ πάνυ γενναίοισ ὑπάρχειν εὑρεῖν ὅ τι χρήσονται· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:7)

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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