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χλόη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χλόη χλόης

Structure: χλο (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. A new green shoot in the spring

Declension

First 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

  • καὶ ἐν Θεῷ φωτὶ πρωί̈ασ ἀνατείλαι ἥλιοσ, τὸ πρωί̈ παρῆλθεν ἐκ φέγγουσ καὶ ὡσ ἐξ ὑετοῦ χλόησ ἀπὸ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 23:4)
  • εἰσ τόπον χλόησ, ἐκεῖ με κατεσκήνωσεν, ἐπὶ ὕδατοσ ἀναπαύσεωσ ἐξέθρεψέ με, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 22:2)
  • ὅτι ὡσεὶ χόρτοσ ταχὺ ἀποξηρανθήσονται καὶ ὡσεὶ λάχανα χλόησ ταχὺ ἀποπεσοῦνται. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 36:2)
  • τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόησ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 38:27)
  • Ἐπὶ χλόησ εὐθαλοῦσ ἡ Κένταυροσ αὕτη πεποίηται ὅλῃ μὲν τῇ ἵππῳ χαμαὶ κειμένη, καὶ ἀποτέτανται εἰσ τοὐπίσω οἱ πόδεσ, τὸ δὲ γυναικεῖον ὅσον αὐτῆσ ἠρέμα ἐπεγήγερται καὶ ἐπ̓ ἀγκῶνόσ ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ πόδεσ οἱ ἔμπροσθεν οὐκέτι καὶ οὗτοι ἀποτάδην, οἱο͂ν ἐπὶ πλευρὰν κειμένησ, ἀλλ̓ ὁ μὲν ὀκλάζοντι ἐοίκεν ὢν καμπύλοσ ὑπεσταλμένῃ τῇ ὁπῇ, ὁ δὲ ἔμπαλιν ἐπανίσταται καὶ τοῦ ἐδάφουσ ἀντιλαμβάνεται, οἱοῖ́ εἰσιν ἵπποι πειρώμενοι ἀναπηδᾶν. (Lucian, Zeuxis 7:1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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