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χρόνος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρόνος χρόνου

Structure: χρον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. time (in the abstract sense)
  2. specific time, period, term
  3. lifetime
  4. delay
  5. (grammar) tense

Declension

Second 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

  • καὶ πάντα τὰ φρέατα, ἃ ὤρυξαν οἱ παῖδεσ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ, ἐνέφραξαν αὐτὰ οἱ Φυλιστιεὶμ καὶ ἔπλησαν αὐτὰ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:15)
  • ὅπωσ γνῶσι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆσ γῆσ, ὅτι ἡ δύναμισ τοῦ Κυρίου ἰσχυρά ἐστι, καὶ ἵνα ὑμεῖσ σέβησθε Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν ἐν παντὶ χρόνῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 4:24)
  • ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ χρόνῳ παρῆν πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ Σισίννησ ὁ ἔπαρχοσ Συρίασ καὶ Φοινίκησ καὶ Σαθραβουζάνησ καὶ οἱ συνεταῖροι καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 6:3)
  • ἐν χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον ἀναλεξάμενοσ ἑαυτὸν οὐδαμῶσ εἰσ μετάμελον ἦλθεν ἐπιτιμηθείσ, μετ’ ἀπειλῆσ δὲ πικρᾶσ ἀνέλυσε. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 2:24)
  • ὁ μὲν οὖν ταῦτα ἔλεξεν. οἱ δὲ ἐν ἀμερεῖ χρόνῳ λυθέντεσ τὸν ἅγιον σωτῆρα Θεὸν αὐτῶν εὐλόγουν, ἄρτι τὸν θάνατον ἐκπεφευγότεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 6:29)

Synonyms

  1. time

  2. lifetime

  3. delay

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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