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χέρσος

Second declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χέρσος χέρσου

Structure: χερς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. dry land

Declension

Second 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

  • οἱ τῶνδε δ’ αὖ παῖδεσ γενόμενοι σὺν χρόνῳ πεπρωμένῳ Κυκλάδασ ἐποικήσουσι νησαίασ πόλεισ χέρσουσ τε παράλουσ, ὃ σθένοσ τἠμῇ χθονὶ δίδωσιν· (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic 3:6)
  • οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδείσ, ὦ τέκν’, ἀλλὰ δηλαδὴ χέρσουσ φθαρῆναι κἀγάμουσ ὑμᾶσ χρεών. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 3:15)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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