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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative χλωρός χλωρᾱ́ χλῶρον
Genitive χλωροῦ χλωρᾶς χλώρου
Dative χλωρῷ χλωρᾷ χλώρῳ
Accusative χλωρόν χλωρᾱ́ν χλῶρον
Vocative χλωρέ χλωρᾱ́ χλῶρον
DualN/A/V χλωρώ χλωρᾱ́ χλώρω
G/D χλωροῖν χλωραῖν χλώροιν
PluralNominative χλωροί χλωραί χλῶρα
Genitive χλωρῶν χλωρῶν χλώρων
Dative χλωροῖς χλωραῖς χλώροις
Accusative χλωρούς χλωρᾱ́ς χλῶρα
Vocative χλωροί χλωραί χλῶρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective χλωρός χλωροῦ χλωρότερος χλωροτεροῦ χλωρότατος χλωροτατοῦ
Adverb χλώρως χλωρότερον χλωρότατα

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

  • ὁμοῦ δὲ Κάδμου παισὶν ἀναμεμειγμέναι χλωραῖσ ὑπ’ ἐλάταισ ἀνορόφοισ ἧνται πέτραισ. (Euripides, episode 3:5)
  • θαμίζουσα μάλιστ’ ἀηδὼν χλωραῖσ ὑπὸ βάσσαισ. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 3 5:1)
  • αὔξεται δ’ ἀρετά, χλωραῖσ ἐέρσαισ ὡσ ὅτε δένδρεον ᾄσσει, <ἐν> σοφοῖσ ἀνδρῶν ἀερθεῖσ’ ἐν δικαίοισ τε πρὸσ ὑγρὸν αἰθέρα. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 8 14:1)
  • εὐίππου, ξένε, τᾶσδε χώρασ ἵκου τὰ κράτιστα γᾶσ ἔπαυλα, τὸν ἀργῆτα Κολωνόν, ἔνθ’ ἁ λίγεια μινύρεται θαμίζουσα μάλιστ’ ἀηδὼν χλωραῖσ ὑπὸ βάσσαισ, τὸν οἰνωπὸν ἔχουσα κισσὸν καὶ τὰν ἄβατον θεοῦ φυλλάδα μυριόκαρπον ἀνήλιον ἀνήνεμόν τε πάντων χειμώνων· (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, strophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. yellow

  2. pale

  3. fresh

  4. youthful

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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