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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χθών χθόνε χθόνες
Genitive χθονός χθονοῖν χθονῶν
Dative χθονί χθονοῖν χθοσίν*
Accusative χθόνα χθόνε χθόνας
Vocative χθών χθόνε χθόνες

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

  • τῶν δ’ ὕπο σευομένων κανάχιζε πόσ’ εὐρεῖα χθών. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 35:5)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἔσθ’ ὅπου τοιόνδ’ ὄχημα χθὼν κέκευθε πωλικόν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:15)
  • Ῥείη δὲ δμηθεῖσα Κρόνῳ τέκε φαίδιμα τέκνα, Ἱστίην Δήμητρα καὶ Ἥρην χρυσοπέδιλον ἴφθιμόν τ’ Αἴδην, ὃσ ὑπὸ χθονὶ δώματα ναίει νηλεὲσ ἦτορ ἔχων, καὶ ἐρίκτυπον Ἐννοσίγαιον Ζῆνά τε μητιόεντα, θεῶν πατέρ’ ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν, τοῦ καὶ ὑπὸ βροντῆσ πελεμίζεται εὐρεῖα χθών. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 44:1)
  • ἔζεε δὲ χθὼν πᾶσα καὶ Ὠκεανοῖο ῥέεθρα πόντοσ τ’ ἀτρύγετοσ· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 67:5)
  • ἔζεε δὲ χθὼν πᾶσα καὶ οὐρανὸσ ἠδὲ θάλασσα· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 78:12)

Synonyms

  1. ground

  2. earth

  3. land

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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