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χεῖμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χεῖμα χείματος

Structure: χειματ (Stem)

Etym.: v. xiw/n

Sense

  1. winter
  2. frost, cold
  3. storm, tempest

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • νάσσατο δ’ ἄγχ’ Ἑλικῶνοσ ὀιζυρῇ ἐνὶ κώμῃ, Ἄσκρῃ, χεῖμα κακῇ, θέρει ἀργαλέῃ, οὐδέ ποτ’ ἐσθλῇ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 69:10)
  • τοιγάρτοι καὶ αὐτὸσ εὖ ποιῶν οὐκ ἐπιβαίνεισ τὸ παράπαν οὐδ’ ἐπιχωριάζεισ αὐτοῖσ, ἀλλὰ φεύγεισ ἑκὼν πατρίδα οὔτε χεῖμα κακὴν οὔτε θέρει ἀργαλέαν, ἀλλὰ καλλίστην καὶ μεγίστην τῶν ἐν Φοινίκῃ ἁπασῶν· (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 16:5)
  • εὐδαίμων μὲν ὃσ ἐκ θαλάσσασ ἔφυγε χεῖμα, λιμένα δ’ ἔκιχεν· (Euripides, choral, epode1)
  • εἰ δὲ πάρεργον χρή τι κομπάσαι, γύναι, οὐρανὸν ὑπὲρ γῆσ ἔχομεν εὖ κεκραμένον ἵν’ οὔτ’ ἄγαν πῦρ οὔτε χεῖμα συμπίτνει. (Plutarch, De exilio, section 13 4:1)
  • κἀν τῷ ε’ δ’ ἐμφανίζει αὑτοῦ τὸ ἀδηφάγον λέγων οὕτωσ ὠρασ δ’ ἔσηκε τρεῖσ, θέροσ καὶ χεῖμα κὠπώραν τρίταν καὶ τέτρατον τὸ ἦρ, ὅκα σάλλει μέν, ἐσθίεν δ’ ἄδαν οὐκ ἔστι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 10 1:1)
  • ὡσ δ’ ἐν] Μαλέᾳ ποτέ, [χεῖμα δαί]μων ἐπ’ ἔθ]νοσ ἐφάμερον α[ἶψ’ ἱήσι. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 16:1)

Synonyms

  1. winter

  2. frost

  3. storm

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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