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χθών

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χθών χθονός

Structure: χθων (Stem)

Sense

  1. ground, soil, surface of the earth
  2. earth, world
  3. land, country

Declension

Third 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

  • Κύριοσ πλήξει τὸν Ἰσραήλ, καθὰ κινεῖται ὁ ἄνεμοσ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι, καὶ ἐκτελεῖ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ ἄνω τῆσ χθονὸσ τῆσ ἀγαθῆσ ταύτησ, ἧσ ἔδωκε τοῖσ πατράσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ λικμήσει αὐτοὺσ ἀπὸ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ. ἀνθ̓ οὗ ὅσον ἐποίησαν τὰ ἄλση αὐτῶν παροργίζοντεσ τὸν Κύριον. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 14:27)
  • τῷ δὲ βαθυκλήροιο διὰ χθονὸσ Αἱμονιήων ἐξαπίνησ ἀνέτελλεν Ἀχαιίδοσ ἄνθεα γαίησ, Φθίη βωτιάνειρα καὶ εὐρυάγυια Μυκήνη. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1109)
  • οὔπω κεῖθεν ἐήν δολιχὸσ πλόοσ, οὐδέ γαλήνησ δηρὸν ἐρεσσομένων ἠκούετο δοῦποσ ἐρετμῶν, καὶ χθονὸσ εὐκόλποισιν ἐπ’ ἠιόνεσσι βαλόντεσ πείσματα νηὸσ ἔδησαν, ὅσοισ ἁλὸσ ἔργα μεμήλει. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1112)
  • τῷ δὲ Φόβοσ καὶ Δεῖμοσ ἐύτροχον ἁρ́μα καὶ ἵππουσ ἤλασαν αἶψ’ ἐγγύσ, καὶ ἀπὸ χθονὸσ εὐρυοδείησ ἐσ δίφρον θῆκαν πολυδαίδαλον· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 43:9)
  • τῇ μὲν δίδυμον χθονὸσ Εὐρώπησ μέγαν ἠδ̓ Ἀσίασ τέρμονα Φᾶσιν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 19 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. ground

  2. earth

  3. land

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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