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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

  • ἄπελθε εἰσ τὴν Μηδίαν, τέκνον, ὅτι πέπεισμαι ὅσα ἐλάλησεν Ἰωνᾶσ ὁ προφήτησ περὶ Νινευῆ, ὅτι καταστραφήσεται, ἐν δὲ τῇ Μηδίᾳ ἔσται εἰρήνη μᾶλλον ἕωσ καιροῦ, καὶ ὅτι οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ σκορπισθήσονται ἀπὸ τῆσ ἀγαθῆσ γῆσ, καὶ Ἱεροσόλυμα ἔσται ἔρημοσ, καὶ ὁ οἶκοσ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῇ κατακαήσεται καὶ ἔρημοσ ἔσται μέχρι χρόνου. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 14:4)
  • καὶ μετ̓ εὐφροσύνησ ἦγον ἡμέρασ ὀκτὼ σκηνωμάτων τρόπον, μνημονεύοντεσ ὡσ πρὸ μικροῦ χρόνου τὴν τῶν σκηνῶν ἑορτὴν ἐν τοῖσ ὄρεσι καὶ ἐν τοῖσ σπηλαίοισ θηρίων τρόπον ἦσαν νεμόμενοι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 10:6)
  • μετὰ δὲ τὸ προειρημένον τοῦ χρόνου διάστημα προσηνέγκαντο οἱ γραμματεῖσ τῷ βασιλεῖ μηκέτι ἰσχύειν τὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἀπογραφὴν ποιεῖσθαι διὰ τὴν ἀμέτρητον αὐτῶν πληθύν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 4:17)
  • τὸ δὲ ἀπ̓ αἰῶνοσ χρόνου κτίσμα καλὸν ἐν νυκτὶ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ ἐπιβαλλόμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ χαριζομένου πᾶσιν, οἷσ ἂν αὐτὸσ θελήσῃ, ὕπνου μέροσ ἀπέστειλε πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 5:11)
  • ἐσμίκρυνασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ τοῦ χρόνου αὐτοῦ, κατέχεασ αὐτοῦ αἰσχύνην. . (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 88:46)

Synonyms

  1. time

  2. lifetime

  3. delay

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