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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

  • ἡ δ’ ἐρόεσσαν ἐπὶ χθονὶ πῆξεν ὀπωπὴν δηρὸν ἀμηχανέουσα καὶ οὐκ ἠμείβετο νύμφη. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1149)
  • ἐν δ’ ὀφίων κεφαλαὶ δεινῶν ἔσαν, οὔ τι φατειῶν, δώδεκα, ταὶ φοβέεσκον ἐπὶ χθονὶ φῦλ’ ἀνθρώπων, οἵ τινεσ ἀντιβίην πόλεμον Διὸσ υἱῖ φέροιεν· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 15:1)
  • διὰ δὲ μέγα σαρκὸσ ἄραξε δούρατι νωμήσασ, ἐπὶ δὲ χθονὶ κάββαλε μέσσῃ. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 43:8)
  • τίσ ἀθανάτων ἢ βροτῶν τοιοῦτον ἔρνοσ θρέψεν ἐν ποίᾳ χθονί; (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 7:4)
  • [οὔ τι δόλοσ κακόφρων] παῖδ’ ἐν χθονὶ καλλιχόρῳ ποικίλαισ τέχναισ πέλασσεν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. ground

  2. earth

  3. land

Related

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