Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χθιζός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χθιζός χθιζή χθιζόν

Structure: χθιζ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xqe/s

Sense

  1. of yesterday, yesterday's, yesterday's, yesterday

Examples

  • "εἰ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο τὸ πάθοσ ὀρεκτικόν ἐστιν, εἰκόσ ἐστιν ὑπὸ τῶν τοιούτων βρωμάτων λεπτυνόμενα διακρίνεσθαι τὰ προϋπόντα, καὶ ποιεῖν μὲν ἔνδειαν, οὐ μεταρρυθμιζομένων δὲ τῶν πόρων ἀλλὰ κενουμένων καὶ καθαιρομένων τὰ γὰρ ὀξέα καὶ δριμέα καὶ ἁλμυρὰ θρύπτοντα τὴν ὕλην διαφορεῖ καὶ σκίδνησιν, ὥστε νεαρὰν ποιεῖν τὴν ὄρεξιν ἐκθλιβομένων τῶν ἑώλων καὶ χθιζῶν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 6, 9:14)

Synonyms

  1. of yesterday

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION