Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χερσόθεν

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χερσόθεν

Etym.: xe/rsos

Sense

  1. from dry land
  2. from the ground

Examples

  • ὥστ’ ἐξορᾶσθαι ῥόθια χερσόθεν μόλισ. (Euripides, Helen, episode 4:25)
  • πάρα δ’ ἄμμι τὰ κύντατα πημανθῆναι τῇδ’ ἐπ’ ἐρημαίῃ πεπτηότασ, εἰ καὶ ἀῆται χερσόθεν ἀμπνεύσειαν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 20:20)
  • τὸν δὲ χυθεὶσ περὶ πάντα πεδήσατο, φωτὶ δ’ ὑπ’ ἄγρησ ἐμβυθίησ ἄγρη χερσόθεν ἠντίασε· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 227 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. from dry land

  2. from the ground

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

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