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χρῶμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρῶμα χρώματος

Structure: χρωματ (Stem)

Sense

  1. colour; color
  2. pigment
  3. complexion

Declension

Third 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

  • δ καὶ ἄρασ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πεπυρωμένον δόξῃ ἐν ἀκμῇ θυμοῦ ἔβλεψε, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἡ βασίλισσα καὶ μετέβαλε τὸ χρῶμα αὐτῆσ ἐν ἐκλύσει καὶ κατεπέκυψεν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τῆσ ἅβρασ τῆσ προπορευομένησ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 5:5)
  • οἱο͂ν γάρ τι τοῖσ Μενελάου μηροῖσ τὸ χρῶμα ἐκεῖνοσ ἐπέβαλεν ἐλέφαντι εἰκάσασ ἠρέμα πεφοινιγμένῳ, τοιόνδε ἔστω τὸ πᾶν ὁ δ’ αὐτὸσ οὗτοσ καὶ τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ γραψάτω βοῶπίν τινα ποιήσασ αὐτήν. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 8:2)
  • ἆρ’ οὐχ ὁ μὲν τὸ σῶμα πρῶτον πολὺσ καὶ τὸ χρῶμα ἡδύσ, οὐ μέλασ δὲ οὐδὲ λευκὸσ ‐ τὸ μὲν γὰρ γυναικί, τὸ δὲ δούλῳ προσέοικεν ‐ ἔπειτα θυμοειδήσ, δεινὸν βλέπων ὁποῖον ἡμεῖσ, μέγα καὶ ὕφαιμον; (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 41:2)
  • οἴμωζε καὶ ἀγρύπνει καὶ ὅμοιοσ γίγνου τὸ χρῶμα τῷ χρυσῷ προστετηκὼσ αὐτῷ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 30:7)
  • ’ κάμνει κόρη τισ, εὐθὺσ ἁδελφὸσ λέγει, τὸ χρῶμα τοῦτό μ’ οὐκ ἀρέσκει τῆσ κόρησ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene22)

Synonyms

  1. colour

  2. pigment

  3. complexion

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