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χλωρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χλωρός

Structure: χλωρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xlo/h

Sense

  1. The green of new growth: light green, pale green, yellowish-green
  2. yellow
  3. pale
  4. fresh, verdant, unripe
  5. youthful

Examples

  • κώμη πρὸσ τῷ αἰγιαλῷ φοίνικεσ δὲ περὶ αὐτὴν ὀλίγοι ἐπεφύκεσαν, καὶ βάλανοι ἐπ̓ αὐτοῖσι χλωραὶ ἐπῆσαν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 26 6:3)
  • χλωραί τε γὰρ ἦσαν καὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἀπεδίδοσαν τοῦ χυμοῦ, ἐτύγχανον δ’ οὖσαι τῶν συντεθειμένων ὑπὸ τῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα μαγγανεύειν εἰδότων ὀψαρτυτῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 14 2:9)
  • θρυμματίδεσ δ’ ἐπὶ ταύταισ εὐπέταλοι χλωραί θ’ ἁδυφάρυγγεσ πύρνων τε στεγαναὶ φύσται μέγαθοσ κακκάβου γλυκυόξεισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 28 2:7)
  • χλωραὶ δὲ σκιάδεσ μαλακῷ βρίθοντι ἀνήθῳ δέδμανθ’· (Theocritus, Idylls, 136)

Synonyms

  1. yellow

  2. pale

  3. fresh

  4. youthful

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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