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χερνήτης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χερνήτης χερνήτες

Structure: χερνητη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = xernh/s, Aesch.

Sense

Examples

  • πορευόμενοσ οὖν ἐπὶ τὸν λέοντα ἦλθεν εἰσ Κλεωνάσ, καὶ ξενίζεται παρὰ ἀνδρὶ χερνήτῃ Μολόρχῳ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 5 1:4)
  • Ζεὺσ δὲ αὐτῶν βουλόμενοσ τὴν ἀσέβειαν πειρᾶσαι εἰκασθεὶσ ἀνδρὶ χερνήτῃ παραγίνεται. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 8 1:7)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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