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χέρσος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χέρσος χέρσος χέρσον

Structure: χερς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Prob. from same Root as chro/s.

Sense

  1. dry, firm
  2. dry, hard, barren,
  3. (of woman) barren

Declension

First/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)

Synonyms

  1. dry

  2. dry

  3. barren

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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