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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χρόνος χρόνω χρόνοι
Genitive χρόνου χρόνοιν χρόνων
Dative χρόνῳ χρόνοιν χρόνοις
Accusative χρόνον χρόνω χρόνους
Vocative χρόνε χρόνω χρόνοι

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

  • ὡσ δὲ ἐγένετο τοῦτο καὶ χρόνοσ διῆλθεν ὅ τε ἥλιοσ ἀνέλαμψε, πρότερον ἐπινεφὴσ ὤν, ἀνήφθη πυρὰ μεγάλη ὥστε θαυμάσαι πάντασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 1:22)
  • τίσ γάρ μου ἡ ἰσχύσ, ὅτι ὑπομένω̣ ἢ τίσ μου ὁ χρόνοσ, ὅτι ἀνέχεταί μου ἡ ψυχή̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 6:11)
  • ἦ οὐκ ὀλίγοσ ἐστὶν ὁ χρόνοσ τοῦ βίου μου̣ ἔασόν με ἀναπαύσασθαι μικρὸν (Septuagint, Liber Iob 10:20)
  • εἶπα δὲ ὅτι οὐχ ὁ χρόνοσ ἐστὶν ὁ λαλῶν, ἐν πολλοῖσ δὲ ἔτεσι οἴδασι σοφίαν, (Septuagint, Liber Iob 32:7)
  • ΤΟΙΣ πᾶσι χρόνοσ καὶ καιρὸσ τῷ παντὶ πράγματι ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. time

  2. lifetime

  3. delay

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