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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

  • Ὦ Χρόνε, παντοίων θνητοῖσ πανεπίσκοπε δαῖμον, ἄγγελοσ ἡμετέρων πᾶσι γενοῦ παθέων, ὡσ ἱερὰν σῴζειν πειρώμενοι Ἑλλάδα χώρην Βοιωτῶν κλεινοῖσ θνῄσκομεν ἐν δαπέδοισ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , mixed meters171)
  • ὦ Χρόνε, παντοίων θνητοῖσ πανεπίσκοπε δαῖμον, ἄγγελοσ ἡμετέρων πᾶσι γενοῦ παθέων· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2451)

Synonyms

  1. time

  2. lifetime

  3. delay

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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