χλωρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. Related to χλοερός (khloerós, “verdant”) and χλόη (khlóē, “the green of new growth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰlɔː.rós/ → /xloˈros/ → /xloˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰlɔː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰloˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xloˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xloˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xloˈros/

Adjective

χλωρός • (khlōrós) m (feminine χλωρᾱ́, neuter χλωρόν); first/second declension

1. The part of the spectrum from bright green to yellow: the color of new growth on plants or honey
2. pale
3. fresh, verdant, unripe
4. youthful

Inflection

First and second declension of χλωρός; χλωρᾱ́; χλωρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χλωρός khlōrós	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρόν khlōrón		χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρώ khlōrṓ		χλωροί khlōroí	χλωραί khlōraí	χλωρᾰ́ khlōrá
Genitive		χλωροῦ khlōroû	χλωρᾶς khlōrâs	χλωροῦ khlōroû		χλωροῖν khlōroîn	χλωραῖν khlōraîn	χλωροῖν khlōroîn		χλωρῶν khlōrôn	χλωρῶν khlōrôn	χλωρῶν khlōrôn
Dative		χλωρῷ khlōrôi	χλωρᾷ khlōrâi	χλωρῷ khlōrôi		χλωροῖν khlōroîn	χλωραῖν khlōraîn	χλωροῖν khlōroîn		χλωροῖς khlōroîs	χλωραῖς khlōraîs	χλωροῖς khlōroîs
Accusative		χλωρόν khlōrón	χλωρᾱ́ν khlōrā́n	χλωρόν khlōrón		χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρώ khlōrṓ		χλωρούς khlōroús	χλωρᾱ́ς khlōrā́s	χλωρᾰ́ khlōrá
Vocative		χλωρέ khlōré	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρόν khlōrón		χλωρώ khlōrṓ	χλωρᾱ́ khlōrā́	χλωρώ khlōrṓ		χλωροί khlōroí	χλωραί khlōraí	χλωρᾰ́ khlōrá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		χλωρῶς khlōrôs				χλωρότερος khlōróteros				χλωρότᾰτος khlōrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἔγχλωρος (énkhlōros)
• μελάγχλωρος (melánkhlōros)
• μελανόχλωρος (melanókhlōros)
• μελίχλωρος (melíkhlōros)
• ὑπόχλωρος (hupókhlōros)
• χλωρεύς (khlōreús)
• χλωράζω (khlōrázō)
• χλωρίζω (khlōrízō)
• χλωρότης (khlōrótēs)

Descendants

• English: chlorine
• Latin: chlorus, Chlorus

References

• “χλωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χλωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “χλωρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χλωρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “χλωρός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5515 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blooming idem, page 85.
  • colourless idem, page 144.
  • flower idem, page 329.
  • fresh idem, page 344.
  • grass-green idem, page 370.
  • grassy idem, page 370.
  • green idem, page 372.
  • hale idem, page 381.
  • hearty idem, page 392.
  • pale idem, page 589.
  • prime idem, page 640.
  • sallow idem, page 732.
  • verdant idem, page 948.
  • vigorous idem, page 952.
  • wan idem, page 961.
  • white idem, page 977.
  • yellow idem, page 995.
  • young idem, page 997.
  • youthful idem, page 997.
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press

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Greek

Adjective

χλωρός • (chlorós) m (feminine χλωρή, neuter χλωρό)

1. (color) green (especially plant, grass, etc)
2. fresh

Declension

Declension of χλωρός

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	χλωρός •	χλωρή •	χλωρό •	χλωροί •	χλωρές •	χλωρά •
genitive	χλωρού •	χλωρής •	χλωρού •	χλωρών •	χλωρών •	χλωρών •
accusative	χλωρό •	χλωρή •	χλωρό •	χλωρούς •	χλωρές •	χλωρά •
vocative	χλωρέ •	χλωρή •	χλωρό •	χλωροί •	χλωρές •	χλωρά •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο χλωρός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο χλωρός, etc.)

Synonyms

• πράσινος (prásinos, “green”)

Derived terms

• χλωρό κρεμμυδάκι n (chloró kremmydáki, “spring onion”)