χλόη

See also: Χλόη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χλοίη (khloíē) — Ionic
• χλόᾱ (khlóā) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. See also Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰló.ɛː/ → /ˈxlo.i/ → /ˈxlo.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰló.ɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰlo.e̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxlo.i/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxlo.i/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxlo.i/

Noun

χλόη • (khlóē) f (genitive χλόης); first declension (Attic)

1. A new green shoot in the spring

Declension

First declension of ἡ χλόη; τῆς χλόης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χλόη hē khlóē	τὼ χλόᾱ tṑ khlóā	αἱ χλόαι hai khlóai
Genitive	τῆς χλόης tês khlóēs	τοῖν χλόαιν toîn khlóain	τῶν χλοῶν tôn khloôn
Dative	τῇ χλόῃ tēî khlóēi	τοῖν χλόαιν toîn khlóain	ταῖς χλόαις taîs khlóais
Accusative	τὴν χλόην tḕn khlóēn	τὼ χλόᾱ tṑ khlóā	τᾱ̀ς χλόᾱς tā̀s khlóās
Vocative	χλόη khlóē	χλόᾱ khlóā	χλόαι khlóai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: χλόη (chlói)

References

• “χλόη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χλόη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χλόη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • grass idem, page 370.
  • green idem, page 372.
  • leaf idem, page 482.
  • sward idem, page 846.
  • turf idem, page 901.
  • verdure idem, page 948.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, “green shoot, sprout”).

Noun

χλόη • (chlói) f (uncountable)

1. grass, lawn

Declension

Declension of χλόη

	singular
nominative	χλόη (chlói)
genitive	χλόης (chlóis)
accusative	χλόη (chlói)
vocative	χλόη (chlói)

Related terms

• χλοερός (chloerós, “verdant”)
• Χλόη f (Chlói, “Chloë”)